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ALTERNATES
Definition of ALTERNATES
noun
plural of alternate
ALTERNATE
adjective
Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
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Word DNA
ALTERNATES inherits its ancestry from its root, ALTERNATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALTERNATE · 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.
ALTERNATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALTERNATES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEELNRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start ALTERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALTERNATES?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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