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ACERBATES
Definition of ACERBATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of acerbate
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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.
ACERBATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACERBATES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCEERST - 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 ACERBATES?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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