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AMBULANT
Definition of AMBULANT
adjective
Able to walk; ambulatory.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (“to walk”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMBULANT · 1 relative 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.
AMBULANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMBULANT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AABLMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AMBULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found AMBULANT?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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