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CONFLAGRATE
Definition of CONFLAGRATE
verb
To catch fire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1657; borrowed from Latin cōnflāgrātus, perfect passive participial of cōnflāgrō (“to be consumed by fire; (rare) to set aflame”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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.
CONFLAGRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFLAGRATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEFGLNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CONFLAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CONFLAGRATE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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