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EXANIMATE
Definition of EXANIMATE
adjective
Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin exanimātus, perfect passive participle of exanimō (see ex-, -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ex- + animō, from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXANIMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXANIMATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEIMNTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EXANIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXANIMATE?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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