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DECURIONATE
Definition of DECURIONATE
noun
The position or office of a decurion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin decuriōnātus, from decuriō + -ātus. By surface analysis, decurion + -ate (making nouns denoting rank or office).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step 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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECURIONATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECURIONATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEINORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found DECURIONATE?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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