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PUNCTUATE
Definition of PUNCTUATE
verb
To add punctuation to.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūnctuātus, perfect passive participle of pūnctuō (“to mark with points”), from Medieval Latin pūnctus (“a point, dot”), from pungō (“to prick, punch”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of punch.
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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.
PUNCTUATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUNCTUATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACENPTTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and T appear more than once.
Words that start PUNCTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUNCTUATE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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