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ADMINISTERED

/ədˈmɪnɪstɚd/12 letters

Definition of ADMINISTERED

verb

simple past and past participle of administer

ADMINISTER

verb

To apportion out, distribute.

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Word DNA

ADMINISTERED inherits its ancestry from its root, ADMINISTER.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33%

of traced words share this origin (9,478)

Italic

branch · 33% of traced words

How it is built

verb3 syllablescompound

Same root, ADMINISTER · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ADMINISTERED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 142
Its 2 boards, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
90
First board
141
Latest board
51
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

ADMINISTERED
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ADMINISTERED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEEIIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, I and E appear more than once.

Words that start ADMINIST

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ADMINISTERADMINISTERSADMINISTRANTADMINISTRATEADMINISTERINGADMINISTRABLEADMINISTRANTSADMINISTRATEDADMINISTRATESADMINISTRATORADMINISTRATINGADMINISTRATION

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