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PERMEATE

/ˈpɜːmiˌeɪt/8 letters

Definition of PERMEATE

verb

To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture

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Where it comes from

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin permeātus, perfect passive participle of permeō (“to pass through”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PERMEATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

noname

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PERMEATE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PERMEATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEEMPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PERMEA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PERMEANTPERMEASEPERMEABLEPERMEABLYPERMEANCEPERMEANTSPERMEASESPERMEATEDPERMEATESPERMEATORPERMEANCESPERMEATING

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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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.

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