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COMMUNICATES
Definition of COMMUNICATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of communicate
verb
To impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
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Word DNA
COMMUNICATES inherits its ancestry from its root, COMMUNICATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMMUNICATE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COMMUNICATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMMUNICATES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIMMNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and M appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMMUNIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMMUNICATES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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