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CONFABULATED
Definition of CONFABULATED
verb
simple past and past participle of confabulate
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Another sense
CONFABULATED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
Word DNA
CONFABULATED inherits its ancestry from its root, CONFABULATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONFABULATE · 2 relatives in the game
CONFABULATED in a sentence
“A synthetic memory of an earthquake would automatically be supplemented by confabulated but plausible cliques.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONFABULATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFABULATED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABCDEFLNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CONFABUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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