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ESTERIFY
Definition of ESTERIFY
verb
To combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ester + -ify.
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.
ESTERIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ESTERIFY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEFIRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ESTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ESTERIFY?
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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