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ULCERATE
Definition of ULCERATE
adjective
Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ulcerātus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ULCERATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ULCERATE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ULCERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ULCERATE?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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