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ETHYLATE
Definition of ETHYLATE
verb
To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ethyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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.
ETHYLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHYLATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHLTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start ETHYLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ETHYLATE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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