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OXIDATE
Definition of OXIDATE
verb
To oxidize.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oxide + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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.
OXIDATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OXIDATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OXIDAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OXIDATE?
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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