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ELUCIDATOR
Definition of ELUCIDATOR
noun
One who elucidates.
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Other senses
ELUCIDATOR carries 2 further meanings.
noun
One who elucidates or explains; an expositor.
noun
One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.
Where it comes from
From elucidate + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ELUCIDATE · 7 relatives in the game
ELUCIDATOR in a sentence
“The indispensible 11th Century elucidator Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki Rashi explained that he gave them spiritual gifts -- knowledge that they would need for their journey.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELUCIDATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ELUCIDATOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of ELUCIDATOR. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start ELUCID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELUCIDATOR?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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