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ACERBATE
Definition of ACERBATE
adjective
Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin acerbātus, perfect passive participle of acerbō (“make bitter”), from acerbus (“bitter”).
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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACERBATE · 3 relatives 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.
ACERBATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACERBATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCEERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ACERBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACERBATE?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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