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ETHANOATES
Definition of ETHANOATES
noun
plural of ethanoate
noun
The acetate anion [C2H3O2], a carboxylate and the conjugate base of ethanoic acid (acetic acid).
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Word DNA
ETHANOATES inherits its ancestry from its root, ETHANOATE.
How it is built
Same root, ETHANOATE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ETHANOATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHANOATES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEEHNOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, T and A appear more than once.
Words that start ETHANO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ETHANOATES?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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