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EDUCATE
Definition of EDUCATE
verb
To instruct or train.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English educaten, from educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin ēducātus, the perfect passive participle of ēducō (“(of a child, physically or mentally) to bring up, train, nourish; (of a person in learning or art) to rear, educate, train; (plants or animals) to nourish, support, or produce”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from an intensive/frequentative formed on ēducō (“lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”) + -ō.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EDUCATE · 3 relatives 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.
EDUCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EDUCATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEETU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EDUCAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found EDUCATE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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