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DILAPIDATE
Definition of DILAPIDATE
verb
To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin dilapidō (“to scatter, consume, throw away”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“asunder”) + lapidō (“to stone”), from lapis (“stone”). Compare French dilapider.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DILAPIDATE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DILAPIDATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILAPIDATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADDEIILPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, I and A appear more than once.
Words that start DILAPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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