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FUMIGATE
Definition of FUMIGATE
verb
To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, perfect passive participle of fūmigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūmus (“smoke”).
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.
FUMIGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 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
FUMIGATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGIMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUMIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FUMIGATE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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