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FORNICATE
Definition of FORNICATE
verb
To engage in fornication.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1552; borrowed from Latin fornicātus, perfect active participle of fornicor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.
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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORNICATE · 2 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.
FORNICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 79 boards so far. 285 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FORNICATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 FORNIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FORNICATE?
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