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CULTIVATORS
Definition of CULTIVATORS
noun
plural of cultivator
noun
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.
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Word DNA
CULTIVATORS inherits its ancestry from its root, CULTIVATOR.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,269)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CULTIVATOR · 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.
CULTIVATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CULTIVATORS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACILORSTTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start CULTIVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CULTIVATORS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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