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ANIMATE
Definition of ANIMATE
adjective
That lives.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANIMATE · 2 relatives 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.
ANIMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANIMATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANIMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found ANIMATE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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