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POLYSORBATE
Definition of POLYSORBATE
noun
Any of a class of emulsifiers used as food additives and in pharmaceutical preparations; they are derived from sorbitan (typically with three polyoxyethylene side-chains) esterified with a fatty acid; they are mostly oily liquids, or soft solids.
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Where it comes from
From poly- + sorbate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLYSORBATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
POLYSORBATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABELOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POLYSOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found POLYSORBATE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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