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ELONGATE
Definition of ELONGATE
adjective
Elongated, extended, lengthened; having a long and slender form.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adjective), borrowed from Late Latin ēlongātus (“having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”) + Middle English -at (suffix forming participles). Ēlongātus is the perfect passive participle of ēlongō (“to prolong, protract; to keep aloof, remove; to depart, withdraw”), from Latin ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + longus (“extended, long, prolonged; far”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”, adjective)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of eloign.
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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.
ELONGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ELONGATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ELONGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELONGATE?
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