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DIVARICATE
Definition of DIVARICATE
verb
To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
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Where it comes from
The verb is first attested in 1623, the adjective in 1788; borrowed from Latin dīvāricātus, perfect passive participle of dīvāricō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dis- + vāricō (“to straddle, to stretch (the legs) apart”), from vāricus (“straddling”).
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.
DIVARICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIVARICATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIIRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and A appear more than once.
Words that start DIVARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIVARICATE?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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