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MASTICATED
Definition of MASTICATED
verb
simple past and past participle of masticate
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Word DNA
MASTICATED inherits its ancestry from its root, MASTICATE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% 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.
MASTICATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 56 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 6 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
MASTICATED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIMSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start MASTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASTICATED?
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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