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CONSULATE
Definition of CONSULATE
noun
Rule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English consulat, consulate, from Latin consulātus, from consul + -ātus. In some senses, via French consulat. By surface analysis, consul + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,301)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONSULATE · 1 relative 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.
CONSULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CONSULATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONSUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CONSULATE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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