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CORRUPT
Definition of CORRUPT
adjective
Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CORRUPT · 4 relatives 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.
CORRUPT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORRUPT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read COPRRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CORRUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORRUPT?
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