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SEPARATE
Definition of SEPARATE
verb
To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English separaten (“to separate”), from separat (“separated”) + -en, from Latin sēparātus, perfect passive participle of sēparō (“to separate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from sē- (“apart”) + parō (“prepare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan (whence English shed). Doublet of sever, also derived from the same Latin verb.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, SEPARATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEPARATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 49 days.
First found by a player on Day 53, 12 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SEPARATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear 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 SEPARA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found SEPARATE?
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