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LUXATE
Definition of LUXATE
verb
To dislocate; to displace a body part.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
LUXATE carries 4 further meanings.
transitive verb
To put out of joint; dislocate.
To displace or remove from its proper place, as a joint; put out of joint; dislocate.
transitive verb
To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.
adjective
Luxated.
Where it comes from
From Latin luxātus (“dislocated”) perfect passive participle of lū̆xō (“to dislocate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.
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 (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUXATE · 3 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.
LUXATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUXATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of LUXATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Could you have found LUXATE?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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