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DERACINATE
Definition of DERACINATE
verb
To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1609; calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“a root”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERACINATE · 2 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.
DERACINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DERACINATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear 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 DERACI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found DERACINATE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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