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MOLYBDATES
Definition of MOLYBDATES
noun
plural of molybdate
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Word DNA
MOLYBDATES inherits its ancestry from its root, MOLYBDATE.
How it is built
Same root, MOLYBDATE · 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.
MOLYBDATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOLYBDATES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDELMOSTY - 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.
Could you have found MOLYBDATES?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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