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MACULATED
Definition of MACULATED
verb
simple past and past participle of maculate
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Word DNA
MACULATED inherits its ancestry from its root, MACULATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACULATE · 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.
MACULATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACULATED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDELMTU - 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 21
Could you have found MACULATED?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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