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EXPLICATE
Definition of EXPLICATE
verb
To explain meticulously or in great detail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
EXPLICATE carries 4 further meanings.
transitive verb
To make clear the meaning of; explain. synonym: explain.
To unfold; expand; open.
To unfold the meaning or sense of; explain; interpret.
To give an explanation.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin explicāre (“unfold, explain”).
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPLICATE · 3 relatives in the game
EXPLICATE in a sentence
“Could you contact orthoneurologists if that's even a word and explicate the two star quarterbacks' respective injuries?”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXPLICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLICATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILPTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EXPLICATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EXPLIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXPLICATE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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