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UNDULATES
Definition of UNDULATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of undulate
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Another sense
UNDULATES carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undulate.
Word DNA
UNDULATES inherits its ancestry from its root, UNDULATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNDULATE · 2 relatives in the game
UNDULATES in a sentence
“Counterparts are the long slug which "undulates" out of the orifice of Lee's right eye and writes on the wall in slime, and Doc Scranton's anus which moves around the street on several feet of intestine "like a blind worm."”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNDULATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 526 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNDULATES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELNSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UNDULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found UNDULATES?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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