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FULMINATE
Definition of FULMINATE
verb
To make a verbal attack.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English fulminaten, borrowed from Latin fulminātus, perfect passive participle of fulminō (“to lighten, hurl or strike with lightning”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fulmen (“lightning which strikes and sets on fire, thunderbolt”), from earlier *fulgmen, *fulgimen, from fulgeō, fulgō (“flash, lighten”). Doublet of fulmine. More at fulgent.
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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.
FULMINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 287 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FULMINATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFILMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FULMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found FULMINATE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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