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ACUMINATES
Definition of ACUMINATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of acuminate
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Word DNA
ACUMINATES inherits its ancestry from its root, ACUMINATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACUMINATE · 2 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.
ACUMINATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACUMINATES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEIMNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ACUMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACUMINATES?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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