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DEDICATES
Definition of DEDICATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of dedicate
DEDICATE
verb
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
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Word DNA
DEDICATES inherits its ancestry from its root, DEDICATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEDICATE · 1 relative 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.
DEDICATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DEDICATES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEEIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start DEDICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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