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LUBRICATE
Definition of LUBRICATE
verb
To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin lūbricātus, perfect passive participle of lūbricō (“make slippery”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from lūbricus (“slippery”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”).
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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.
LUBRICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LUBRICATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEILRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LUBRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUBRICATE?
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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