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SILICATE
Definition of SILICATE
noun
Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From silicic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SILICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SILICATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears 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 SILICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SILICATE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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