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HALOGENATION
Definition of HALOGENATION
noun
The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
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Where it comes from
By surface analysis, halogenate + -ion, or, by surface analysis, halogen + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HALOGENATION · 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.
HALOGENATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
HALOGENATION starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHILNNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, O and N appear more than once.
Words that start HALOGENA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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