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VIOLATE
Definition of VIOLATE
verb
To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) + -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIOLATE · 3 relatives 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.
VIOLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 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
VIOLATE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VIOLAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found VIOLATE?
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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