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LUSTRATE
Definition of LUSTRATE
verb
Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew, particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or the lustration, quinquennial ritual of the Roman censor to cleanse the city after a census.
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Where it comes from
From Latin lustrātus (“lustrated”), perfect passive participle of lustrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lustrum (“ritual purification”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), q.v. In reference to imparting luster, further via senses of Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- Middle French
- Latin
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (596)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUSTRATE · 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.
LUSTRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUSTRATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T 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 LUSTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUSTRATE?
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