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CALIBRATE
Definition of CALIBRATE
verb
To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From calibre + -ate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CALIBER · 8 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.
CALIBRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALIBRATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCEILRT - 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 CALIBR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALIBRATE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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