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DERATES
Definition of DERATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of derate
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Word DNA
DERATES inherits its ancestry from its root, DERATE.
How it is built
Same root, DERATE · 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.
DERATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERATES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEERST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DERATES?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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