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OXIDATE
Definition of OXIDATE
verb
To oxidize.
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Other senses
OXIDATE carries 4 further meanings.
To convert into an oxid, as metals, etc., by combination with oxygen. Also oxygenate.
To become oxidized; become an oxid.
verb
(chemistry) to oxidize
noun
(chemistry) an oxide
Where it comes from
From oxide + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OXIDATE · 3 relatives in the game
OXIDATE in a sentence
“Where I come from we have a saying that a decanter is only as good as the pour (meaning to allow a good splash so the wine can oxidate while pouring).”
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 24 boards so far. 225 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of OXIDATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start OXIDAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
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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