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PALPATES
Definition of PALPATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of palpate
verb
To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
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Word DNA
PALPATES inherits its ancestry from its root, PALPATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALPATE · 5 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.
PALPATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALPATES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAELPPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and A appear more than once.
Words that start PALPAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALPATES?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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