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PECTATE
Definition of PECTATE
noun
Any salt of pectic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pectic 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.
PECTATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PECTATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Could you have found PECTATE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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