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LARVATE
Definition of LARVATE
adjective
Concealed; obscure; being a masked or doubtful case of disease.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1846; borrowed from Latin larvātus, from larva (“a mask”), see -ate (adjective-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 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LARVATE · 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.
LARVATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 102, 30 August 2026.
Built from these letters
LARVATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAELRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found LARVATE?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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