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DILATE
Definition of DILATE
verb
To enlarge; to make bigger.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dilaten, from Old French dilater, from Latin dīlātō (“to spread out”), from dī- + lātus (“wide”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of dilatate.
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.
DILATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DILATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DILATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DILATE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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