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OXALATE
Definition of OXALATE
noun
Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French oxalate, equivalent to oxalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,111)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OXALATE · 3 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.
OXALATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OXALATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAELOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OXALAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found OXALATE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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