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COLLIMATE
Definition of COLLIMATE
verb
To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin collimātus, perfect passive participle of collīmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself originating from a misreading of collīniō, collīneō.
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.
COLLIMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
COLLIMATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILLMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COLLIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLLIMATE?
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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