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ANTE
Definition of ANTE
preposition
Synonym of before, earlier in time, particularly used in historical dating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and.
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.
ANTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANTE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AENT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ANTE?
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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