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CERTIFICATE
Definition of CERTIFICATE
noun
A document containing a certified statement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The noun is from Middle English certificat, certificate, sertyfycat, from Middle French certificat or its etymon Medieval Latin certificātum. The verb is from the noun. The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin certificātus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CERTIFICATE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CERTIFICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CERTIFICATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEEFIIRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, E, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start CERTIFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CERTIFICATE?
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