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CONVULSE
Definition of CONVULSE
verb
To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin convulsus, past participle of convellere (“to pluck up, dislocate, convulse”), from com- (“together”) + vellere (“to pluck, pull”). Doublet of convel.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONVULSE · 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.
CONVULSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CONVULSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELNOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONVUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CONVULSE?
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