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DELIGATE
Definition of DELIGATE
verb
To bind up; to bandage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin dēligātus, perfect passive participle of dēligō (“to bind up”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% 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.
DELIGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DELIGATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DELIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DELIGATE?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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