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FORMICATED
Definition of FORMICATED
verb
simple past and past participle of formicate
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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.
FORMICATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORMICATED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORMIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found FORMICATED?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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