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EVOCATE
Definition of EVOCATE
verb
To evoke
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
EVOCATE carries 3 further meanings.
To call forth; evoke.
transitive verb
To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke.
verb
To call up
Where it comes from
From Latin ēvocāre.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EVOCATE · 3 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.
EVOCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EVOCATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EVOCATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EVOCAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found EVOCATE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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