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ULCERATE

8 letters

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).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

Day 1Day 98
Its 3 boards, across 98 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
95
First board
98
Latest board
2
Longest gap, days

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

cheflinny

on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ULCERATE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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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