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ELIMINATE
Definition of ELIMINATE
verb
To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ēlīminātus, perfect passive participle of ēlīminō (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from ē- + līmen (“a threshold”, līmin- in compounds) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), akin to Latin līmes (“a boundary”); see also English limit and limen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ELIMINATE · 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.
ELIMINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELIMINATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIILMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start ELIMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found ELIMINATE?
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