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REFRIGERANT
Definition of REFRIGERANT
noun
A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
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Where it comes from
From Latin refrīgerāns, present participle of refrīgerō (“to cool, to refresh”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,276)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REFRIGERANT · 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.
REFRIGERANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REFRIGERANT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEFGINRRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start REFRIGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REFRIGERANT?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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