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IPECAC
Definition of IPECAC
noun
The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Contraction of ipecacuanha, from Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Old Tupi ypekakûãîa, from ypeka (“duck”) + akûãîa (“penis”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (274)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IPECAC · 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.
IPECAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
IPECAC starts with I and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IPECAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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