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CUMULATE

/ˈkjuː.mjʊˌleɪt/8 letters

Definition of CUMULATE

verb

To accumulate; to amass.

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Where it comes from

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin cumulātus, perfect passive participle of cumulō (“to pile up”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Sporadic use of the participle up until Early Modern English.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CUMULATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 100
Its 12 boards, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
21
First board
98
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

blondeorama

on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CUMULATE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CUMULATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELMTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start CUMULA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.

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