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ULCERATES

9 letters

Definition of ULCERATES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ulcerate

ULCERATE

adjective

Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.

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Word DNA

ULCERATES inherits its ancestry from its root, ULCERATE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,613)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

verb

Same root, ULCERATE · 4 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ULCERATES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 10 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
47
First board
159
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

snhana

on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ULCERATES
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ULCERATES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEELRSTU - 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 ULCERATES?

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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.

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