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DEPURATE
Definition of DEPURATE
verb
To remove impurities from; to purify.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin depuratus, past participle of depurare (“to purify”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEPURATE · 3 relatives 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.
DEPURATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEPURATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEPURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found DEPURATE?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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