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PREVARICATE
Definition of PREVARICATE
verb
To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin praevāricātus, perfect active participle of praevāricor (“to walk crookedly; to play a false or double part”), from prae- + vāricō (“to stand with feet apart, straddle”), from vāricus (“with feet spread apart”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PREVARICATE · 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.
PREVARICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PREVARICATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEEIPRRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and A appear more than once.
Words that start PREVARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PREVARICATE?
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