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IMPLICATES

10 letters

Definition of IMPLICATES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of implicate

IMPLICATE

verb

To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.

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Word DNA

IMPLICATES inherits its ancestry from its root, IMPLICATE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,633)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

verbcompound-ate-en

Same root, IMPLICATE · 3 relatives in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

IMPLICATES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 145
Its 16 boards, across 145 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
27
First board
122
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Built from these letters

IMPLICATES
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

IMPLICATES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILMPST - 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.

IMPLICITIMPLICATEIMPLICITYIMPLICATEDIMPLICITLYIMPLICATINGIMPLICATIONIMPLICATIVEIMPLICATUREIMPLICITIESIMPLICATIONSIMPLICITNESS

Could you have found IMPLICATES?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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