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COMPENSATE
Definition of COMPENSATE
verb
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good”), -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPENSATE · 2 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.
COMPENSATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPENSATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEMNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start COMPEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found COMPENSATE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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