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ELUCUBRATE
Definition of ELUCUBRATE
verb
To solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the past participle of Latin elucubrare (“compose by lamplight”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELUCUBRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELUCUBRATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEELRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and U appear more than once.
Words that start ELUCUB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELUCUBRATE?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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