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ENATE
Definition of ENATE
noun
A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ēnātus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEENT - 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 ENATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found ENATE?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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