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JUGULATE
Definition of JUGULATE
verb
To cut the throat of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin iugulātus, perfect passive participle of iugulō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JUGULATE · 2 relatives 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.
JUGULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JUGULATE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGJLTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JUGULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found JUGULATE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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