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ASCERTAINS
Definition of ASCERTAINS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of ascertain
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Word DNA
ASCERTAINS inherits its ancestry from its root, ASCERTAIN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ASCERTAIN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASCERTAINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASCERTAINS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEINRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASCERT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASCERTAINS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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