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EDULCORATE

/əˈdʌlkəɹeɪt/10 letters

Definition of EDULCORATE

verb

To sweeten.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin ēdulcōrō. Compare French édulcorer.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EDULCORATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 4 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
96
First board
104
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

ktbard

on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EDULCORATE
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EDULCORATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEELORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start EDULCO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EDULCORANTEDULCORATEDEDULCORATESEDULCORATOREDULCORATING

Could you have found EDULCORATE?

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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.

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