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TUNICATE
Definition of TUNICATE
noun
Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.
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Where it comes from
From translingual Tunicata + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Further from Latin tunicātus, perfect passive participle of tunicō (“to clothe with a tunic”).
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, TUNICATE · 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.
TUNICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TUNICATE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TUNICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TUNICATE?
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