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AERATE

/ˈɛːɹeɪt/6 letters

Definition of AERATE

verb

To supply with oxygen or air.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin aer (“air”) + English -ate. Compare French aérer.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

AERATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
34
First board
102
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.

Built from these letters

AERATE
6
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start AERATE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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