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COLLABORATE
Definition of COLLABORATE
verb
To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from collaborator, from French collaborateur, or else modeled on French collaborer or directly from Late Latin collabōrātus, past participle of collabōrāre. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLLABORATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLLABORATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCELLOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, L and A appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COLLABO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLLABORATE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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