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OXIDATES
Definition of OXIDATES
noun
plural of oxidate
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Other senses
OXIDATES carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of oxidate.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidate.
Word DNA
OXIDATES inherits its ancestry from its root, OXIDATE.
How it is built
Same root, OXIDATE · 3 relatives in the game
OXIDATES in a sentence
“Plan to prepare guacamole right before serving because avocado oxidates very quickly and must be eaten fresh.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OXIDATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 172 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OXIDATES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIOSTX - 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 OXIDATES?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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