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PHORATE
Definition of PHORATE
noun
An organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C8H4O3, used as a pesticide. [O,O-diethyl S-ethylthiomethyl phosphorodithioate ]
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHORATE · 1 relative 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.
PHORATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHORATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found PHORATE?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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