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DOMINATE

/ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/8 letters

Definition of DOMINATE

verb

To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin dominātus, perfect active participle of dominor (“to rule, have dominion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dominus (“lord, master”) + -or (verb-forming suffix).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DOMINATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 28 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
28
Boards found on
19
First board
96
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DOMINATE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DOMINATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start DOMINA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DOMINANTDOMINANCEDOMINANCYDOMINANTSDOMINATEDDOMINATESDOMINATORDOMINANCESDOMINANTLYDOMINATINGDOMINATIONDOMINATIVE

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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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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