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MACHICOLATED
Definition of MACHICOLATED
adjective
Having machicolations.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin machicol- (in machicolāmentum, etc.) + -ated.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% 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.
MACHICOLATED 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 16 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
MACHICOLATED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACCDEHILMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.
Words that start MACHICOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACHICOLATED?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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