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EFFIGURATE

10 letters

Definition of EFFIGURATE

adjective

Having a definite (lobed) shape; not effuse.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from New Latin effiguratus; compare figurate (figuratus).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (24,726)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EFFIGURATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 162
Its 2 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
145
First board
159
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

tjdewey

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EFFIGURATE
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EFFIGURATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFFGIRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and F appear more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found EFFIGURATE?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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