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NICTATE
Definition of NICTATE
verb
To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1755; borrowed from Latin nictātus, perfect passive participle of nictō (“to wink, blink”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NICTATE · 2 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.
NICTATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
NICTATE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears 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 NICTAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NICTATE?
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