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ADULATE
Definition of ADULATE
verb
To flatter effusively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor.
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 (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADULATE · 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.
ADULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADULATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADELTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADULAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ADULATE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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