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POPULATE
Definition of POPULATE
verb
To supply with inhabitants; to people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).
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.
POPULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POPULATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELOPPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start POPULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POPULATE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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