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OSMATE
Definition of OSMATE
noun
Any salt of osmic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From osmic acid + -ate (“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.
OSMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OSMATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OSMATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OSMATE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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