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ADVOCATE
Definition of ADVOCATE
noun
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English advocat, advoket, from Old French advocat, from Latin advocātus (“an advocate”), from the substantivization of the perfect passive participle of advocāre (“to call for”) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from a calque of Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos) (whence English paraclete). Doublet of advoke, avocat, avouch, and avow. The verb derives from the noun on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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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.
ADVOCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADVOCATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ADVOCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ADVOCATE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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