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DEHYDROGENATION
Definition of DEHYDROGENATION
noun
Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.
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Where it comes from
From de- + hydrogenation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEHYDROGENATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEHYDROGENATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADDEEGHINNOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, E, O and N appear more than once.
Words that start DEHYDROGENA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEHYDROGENATION?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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