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MASTICATE
Definition of MASTICATE
verb
To chew (usually food).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin masticātus, perfect passive participle of masticō (“to chew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from mastication, either ultimately from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “to grind the teeth”). Compare French mastiquer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MASTICATE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MASTICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASTICATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEIMSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MASTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASTICATE?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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