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ESTERIFYING
Definition of ESTERIFYING
verb
present participle and gerund of esterify
verb
To combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
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Word DNA
ESTERIFYING inherits its ancestry from its root, ESTERIFY.
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.
ESTERIFYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
ESTERIFYING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEFGIINRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start ESTERIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found ESTERIFYING?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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