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ILLUSTRATE
Definition of ILLUSTRATE
verb
To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from illustration.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ILLUSTRATE · 1 relative 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.
ILLUSTRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.
Built from these letters
ILLUSTRATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILLRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ILLUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ILLUSTRATE?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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