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FULMINATES
Definition of FULMINATES
noun
plural of fulminate
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Other senses
FULMINATES carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of fulminate.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fulminate.
Word DNA
FULMINATES inherits its ancestry from its root, FULMINATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FULMINATE · 2 relatives in the game
FULMINATES in a sentence
“It is that kind of thing, she fulminates, that is causing the country to descend into a sinkhole of corruptions.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FULMINATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 254 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FULMINATES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFILMNSTU - 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 19
Could you have found FULMINATES?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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