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FABULATE
Definition of FABULATE
verb
To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.
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Where it comes from
From Latin fābulātus, perfect active participle of fābulor (“to tell stories, chat”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fābula (“fable”).
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.
FABULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FABULATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEFLTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FABULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found FABULATE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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