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MACULATE
Definition of MACULATE
verb
To spot; to stain; to blur.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACULATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACELMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MACULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found MACULATE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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