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SUBLIMATES
Definition of SUBLIMATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of sublimate
verb
To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
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Word DNA
SUBLIMATES inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBLIMATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBLIMATE · 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.
SUBLIMATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBLIMATES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEILMSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SUBLIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBLIMATES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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