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HUMILIATE

/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/9 letters

Definition of HUMILIATE

verb

To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.

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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.

HUMILIATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 13 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
15
First board
91
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.

Built from these letters

HUMILIATE
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HUMILIATE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHIILMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start HUMILI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HUMILITYHUMILIANTHUMILIATEDHUMILIATESHUMILIATORHUMILITIESHUMILIATINGHUMILIATIONHUMILIATIVEHUMILIATORSHUMILIATORYHUMILIATIONS

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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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.

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