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ACIERATED
Definition of ACIERATED
verb
simple past and past participle of acierate
verb
To convert (iron) into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron.
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Word DNA
ACIERATED inherits its ancestry from its root, ACIERATE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACIERATE · 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.
ACIERATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACIERATED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear 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 ACIERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACIERATED?
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