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ESTIVATE
Definition of ESTIVATE
verb
To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.
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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.
ESTIVATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ESTIVATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEISTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ESTIVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESTIVATE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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