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PERFORATES
Definition of PERFORATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of perforate
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Word DNA
PERFORATES inherits its ancestry from its root, PERFORATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERFORATE · 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.
PERFORATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PERFORATES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEFOPRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start PERFOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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