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MICTURATE
Definition of MICTURATE
verb
To urinate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
MICTURATE carries 3 further meanings.
To pass urine; urinate.
intransitive verb
to pass urine through the ureter; to urinate.
verb
eliminate urine
Where it comes from
First attested in 1842; irregular back-formation from micturition on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin micturiō (“to urinate”). Related to Old English mīgan (whence Early Middle English miȝen (“to urinate”) See also Mingere and meiere: urination.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MICTURATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English, Old English.
MICTURATE in a sentence
“One hates to as the British say micturate on your french fries, but the answer to the first is "no" and to the second is "duh".”
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MICTURATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MICTURATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of MICTURATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start MICTUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICTURATE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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