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TELLURATE
Definition of TELLURATE
noun
Any oxyanion of tellurium; any salt of telluric acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From telluric acid + -ate (“derivative, salt or ester”).
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.
TELLURATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELLURATE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELLRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TELLUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELLURATE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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