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SALIVATE

/ˈsælɪveɪt/8 letters

Definition of SALIVATE

verb

To produce saliva.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin salivatus, past participle of salivare (“to spit out, also salivate”), from saliva (“spittle”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

SALIVATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 21 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
23
First board
95
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.

Built from these letters

SALIVATE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SALIVATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEILSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SALIVA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SALIVASALIVALSALIVASSALIVARYSALIVATEDSALIVATESSALIVATORSALIVATINGSALIVATIONSALIVATORSSALIVATIONS

Could you have found SALIVATE?

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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

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