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SALIVATE
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SALIVATE · 2 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.
SALIVATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 23
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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