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UMBILICATE
Definition of UMBILICATE
adjective
Having a navel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin umbilicātus, from umbilicus (“navel”) + -ātus. By surface analysis, umbilic- + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UMBILICATE · 1 relative 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.
UMBILICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UMBILICATE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEIILMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start UMBILI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found UMBILICATE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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