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AUREATE
Definition of AUREATE
adjective
Golden in color or shine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin aureatus (“adorned or decorated with gold”). Equivalent to Latin aureus (“golden, gilded”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step 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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUREATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUREATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEERTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start AUREAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found AUREATE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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