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URCEOLATE
Definition of URCEOLATE
adjective
Shaped like an urn.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Latin urceolatus, from urceolus, diminutive of urceus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
URCEOLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
URCEOLATE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start URCEOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found URCEOLATE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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