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ANTEDATES

9 letters

Definition of ANTEDATES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of antedate

ANTEDATE

verb

To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.

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Word DNA

ANTEDATES inherits its ancestry from its root, ANTEDATE.

How it is built

verbcompoundante-

Same root, ANTEDATE · 1 relative in the game

ANTEDATE

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ANTEDATES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 149
Its one board, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
138
First board
11
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

hylbert

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ANTEDATES
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ANTEDATES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEENSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and E appear more than once.

Words that start ANTEDA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ANTEDATEANTEDATEDANTEDATING

Could you have found ANTEDATES?

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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