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TRIANGULATE
Definition of TRIANGULATE
verb
To locate by means of triangulation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin triangulum + -ate or Medieval Latin *triangulāt-, the past participial stem of *triangulō. Compare French trianguler.
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%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRIANGULATE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRIANGULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIANGULATE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGILNRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start TRIANGU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRIANGULATE?
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