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PLACATING
Definition of PLACATING
verb
present participle and gerund 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.
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Word DNA
PLACATING inherits its ancestry from its root, PLACATE.
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 (2,616)
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.
PLACATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 204 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLACATING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGILNPT - 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 24
Could you have found PLACATING?
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