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PALPITATING
Definition of PALPITATING
adjective
Very exciting
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Word DNA
PALPITATING inherits its ancestry from its root, PALPITATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALPITATE · 3 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.
PALPITATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALPITATING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AAGIILNPPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, A, I and T appear more than once.
Words that start PALPITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALPITATING?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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