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CONFEDERATE
Definition of CONFEDERATE
adjective
Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1387, in Middle english; inherited from Middle English confederat(e) (“confederated, allied, associated in a plot; united or bound, as in friendship or troth”), borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus perfect passive participle of cōnfoederō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, con- + federate.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONFEDERATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFEDERATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEEFNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CONFEDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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