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SULFONATE
Definition of SULFONATE
noun
Any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SULFONATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SULFONATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFLNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SULFON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found SULFONATE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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