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ACCENTUATE
Definition of ACCENTUATE
verb
To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1731; borrowed from Medieval Latin accentuātus, perfect passive participle of accentuō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin accentus. accent + -u- + -ate.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACCENTUATE · 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.
ACCENTUATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 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
ACCENTUATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACCEENTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, C, E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCENTUATE?
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