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CUSPIDATE

/ˈkʌspɪdət/9 letters

Definition of CUSPIDATE

adjective

Having a cusp

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Where it comes from

First attested in 1693; borrowed from Latin cuspidātus, from cuspis (“point, tip”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,912)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ate

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

CUSPIDATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 19 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
35
First board
147
Latest board
33
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

untrugby

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CUSPIDATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CUSPIDATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CUSPID

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CUSPIDCUSPIDSCUSPIDALCUSPIDESCUSPIDORCUSPIDORECUSPIDORSCUSPIDATEDCUSPIDORESCUSPIDATIONCUSPIDATIONS

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