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MILITATE
Definition of MILITATE
verb
To give force or effect toward; to influence.
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1598; borrowed from Latin mīlitātus, perfect passive participle from mīlitō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Semantically from its cognate, French militer.
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.
MILITATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MILITATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIILMTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start MILITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MILITATE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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