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DECHLORINATE
Definition of DECHLORINATE
verb
To remove chlorine from something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + chlorine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECHLORINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECHLORINATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEHILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECHLORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECHLORINATE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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