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CLARIFY
Definition of CLARIFY
verb
To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clarifien, from Old French clarifiier, from Latin clārificō, clārificāre; clārus (“clear”) + faciō, facere (“make”). Semantically clear + -ify.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLARIFY · 5 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.
CLARIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLARIFY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACFILRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLARIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CLARIFY?
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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