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ANIMATES
Definition of ANIMATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of animate
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Word DNA
ANIMATES inherits its ancestry from its root, ANIMATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% 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.
ANIMATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANIMATES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEIMNST - 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.
Could you have found ANIMATES?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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