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PERAMBULATE
Definition of PERAMBULATE
verb
To walk around, roam, or stroll.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PERAMBULATE carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To walk through.
intransitive verb
To inspect (an area) on foot.
intransitive verb
To walk about; roam or stroll.
To walk through, about, or over.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate.
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 (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERAMBULATE · 3 relatives in the game
PERAMBULATE in a sentence
“The spatial character of architectural mnemonics — that one would "perambulate" cloisters and palaces in the mind, composing narratives with the ornaments and images arrayed therein — reflects a phenomenological dimension to thought that may be quite foreign to a modern-day observer.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro, 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERAMBULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 137 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERAMBULATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEELMPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PERAMBULATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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 PERAMBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PERAMBULATE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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