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BRACTEATE
Definition of BRACTEATE
adjective
Having bracts.
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Where it comes from
From Latin bracteātus (“gold-plated, golden”), from bractea (“gold leaf, veneer, glitter”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). By surface analysis, bract + -eate (second element from -ea + -ate).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% 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.
BRACTEATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRACTEATE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCEERTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start BRACTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRACTEATE?
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