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MOLYBDATE
Definition of MOLYBDATE
noun
The anion MoO4.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From molybdic acid + -ate (“a derivative, a salt or ester”).
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.
MOLYBDATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOLYBDATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDELMOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOLYBD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found MOLYBDATE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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