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ETHYLATIONS

11 letters

Definition of ETHYLATIONS

noun

plural of ethylation

ETHYLATION

noun

Any reaction that introduces an ethyl group into a molecule

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Word DNA

ETHYLATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, ETHYL.

Line of descent

  1. German
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

German

Deepest traced root

8th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

3.3%

of traced words share this origin (2,869)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-yl

Same root, ETHYL · 8 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Find it yourself

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

ETHYLATIONS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
173
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

freneticwriting

on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ETHYLATIONS
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start ETHYLAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ETHYLATIONS?

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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