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MACHICOLATE
Definition of MACHICOLATE
verb
To furnish with machicolations.
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Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin machicolātus, perfect participle of machicolāre, from Old French machicoller, from machicolleis (“machicolation”), from Old Occitan machacol, from macar (“to crush”) + col (“neck”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Occitan
- Old French
- Latin
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
49th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (16)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACHICOLATE · 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.
MACHICOLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACHICOLATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACCEHILMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.
Words that start MACHICO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACHICOLATE?
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