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DESPOTATE
Definition of DESPOTATE
noun
An area ruled by a despot (δεσπότης) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
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Where it comes from
From despot + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the concrete charge of it). Compare despotat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DESPOTATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESPOTATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEOPSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start DESPOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESPOTATE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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