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CREPITATE
Definition of CREPITATE
verb
To crackle, to make a crackling sound. to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do. to flatulate.
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin crepitātus, perfect passive participle of crepitō (“to creak, rattle, clatter, crackle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself a frequentative of crepō (“to creak, rattle, etc., burst or break with a noise, crash”).
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.
CREPITATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CREPITATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start CREPIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CREPITATE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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