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HALOGENATE
Definition of HALOGENATE
verb
To treat with, or react with, a halogen or a hydrohalic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From halogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HALOGEN · 4 relatives 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.
HALOGENATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HALOGENATE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGHLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start HALOGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HALOGENATE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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