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IMPLICATE
Definition of IMPLICATE
verb
To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
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Where it comes from
First attested in the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicaten (poorly attested), from implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; involved, connected (with)”, possibly also used as the past participle of implicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin implicātus, perfect passive participle of implicō (“to entangle, involve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from plicō (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and employ.
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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.
IMPLICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPLICATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILMPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPLIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found IMPLICATE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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