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COPULATE
Definition of COPULATE
verb
To engage in sexual intercourse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cōpulātus, perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French copuler.
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 (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COPULATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COPULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COPULATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COPULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found COPULATE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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