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PERCOLATE
Definition of PERCOLATE
verb
To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin percōlātus, perfect passive participle of percōlō (“to filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“to strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERCOLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERCOLATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 PERCOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERCOLATE?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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