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ORBICULATE
Definition of ORBICULATE
adjective
spherical or circular; orbicular
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-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 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORBICULATE · 1 relative 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.
ORBICULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORBICULATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEILORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ORBICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORBICULATE?
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