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REACTANT
Definition of REACTANT
noun
Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.
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Where it comes from
From react + -ant.
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.
REACTANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REACTANT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACENRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start REACTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REACTANT?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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