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PLACATE
Definition of PLACATE
verb
To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in the late 17 century; borrowed from Latin plācātus, perfect passive participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), ultimately thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, PLACATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLACATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 218 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLACATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACELPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PLACAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found PLACATE?
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