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COMPUTES
Definition of COMPUTES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of compute
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Word DNA
COMPUTES inherits its ancestry from its root, COMPUTE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPUTE · 3 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.
COMPUTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMPUTES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEMOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COMPUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found COMPUTES?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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