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EDUCATORS
Definition of EDUCATORS
noun
plural of educator
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Word DNA
EDUCATORS inherits its ancestry from its root, EDUCATOR.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EDUCATOR · 1 relative 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.
EDUCATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EDUCATORS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EDUCAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found EDUCATORS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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