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ADUMBRATE
Definition of ADUMBRATE
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
ADUMBRATE carries 4 further meanings.
transitive verb
To give a sketchy outline of.
transitive verb
To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
transitive verb
To disclose partially or guardedly.
transitive verb
To overshadow; shadow or obscure.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin adumbrātus (“represented in outline”), from adumbrāre (“cast a shadow on”), from umbra (“shadow”).
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%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADUMBRATE · 2 relatives in the game
ADUMBRATE in a sentence
“Adumbrated – from adumbrate (always used in conjunction with an object)”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADUMBRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADUMBRATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABDEMRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of ADUMBRATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start ADUMBR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found ADUMBRATE?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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