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AMBULATE
Definition of AMBULATE
verb
To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
AMBULATE carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To walk from place to place; move about.
To walk or move about, or from place to place.
intransitive verb
To walk; to move about.
verb
To walk; to relocate one's self under the power of one's own legs.
Where it comes from
From Latin ambulātus, past participle of ambulō (“to walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMBULATE · 4 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.
AMBULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMBULATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABELMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of AMBULATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start AMBULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found AMBULATE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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