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ALIENATE
Definition of ALIENATE
adjective
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
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Where it comes from
From Middle English alienat(e) (“deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”), from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“to estrange, alienate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from aliēnus. By surface analysis, alien + -ate. See alien, and compare aliene.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALIENATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ALIENATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ALIENA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found ALIENATE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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