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DIPLOMATE
Definition of DIPLOMATE
noun
A professional who has earned a diploma.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From diploma + -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting rank or office).
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.
DIPLOMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIPLOMATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEILMOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DIPLOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found DIPLOMATE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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