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ELUENT

/ˈɛl.jʊ.ənt/6 letters

Definition of ELUENT

noun

In chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From elute; Latin eluent-, eluens (washing out), 1941.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ELUENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 5 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
36
First board
102
Latest board
39
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

khop

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ELUENT
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ELUENT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EELNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start ELUENT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ELUENT?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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