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ELATE
Definition of ELATE
verb
To make joyful or proud.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ELATE · 8 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.
ELATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ELATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 ELATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELATE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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