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ELUCIDATES
Definition of ELUCIDATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of elucidate
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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.
ELUCIDATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELUCIDATES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEILSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ELUCID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ELUCIDATES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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