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CULMINATED
Definition of CULMINATED
verb
simple past and past participle of culminate
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Word DNA
CULMINATED inherits its ancestry from its root, CULMINATE.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, CULMINATE · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CULMINATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CULMINATED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CULMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CULMINATED?
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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