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RACEMATES
Definition of RACEMATES
noun
plural of racemate
noun
A mixture which is racemic (“containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers and therefore not optically active”).
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Word DNA
RACEMATES inherits its ancestry from its root, RACEMATE.
How it is built
Same root, RACEMATE · 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.
RACEMATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RACEMATES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEEMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RACEMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RACEMATES?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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