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BIFURCATES
Definition of BIFURCATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of bifurcate
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Another sense
BIFURCATES carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate.
Word DNA
BIFURCATES inherits its ancestry from its root, BIFURCATE.
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 (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BIFURCATE · 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.
BIFURCATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BIFURCATES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEFIRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BIFURC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BIFURCATES?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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