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ACCRETES
Definition of ACCRETES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of accrete
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Word DNA
ACCRETES inherits its ancestry from its root, ACCRETE.
How it is built
Same root, ACCRETE · 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.
ACCRETES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACCRETES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCEERST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCRET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCRETES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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