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AVIATE

/ˈeɪvieɪt/6 letters

Definition of AVIATE

verb

To operate an aircraft.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Back-formation from aviator. By surface analysis, avi- + -ate.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

AVIATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 12 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
25
First board
101
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

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

AVIATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEITV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start AVIATE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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