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DENTICULATE
Definition of DENTICULATE
adjective
Finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin denticulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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.
DENTICULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DENTICULATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEILNTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start DENTICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DENTICULATE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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