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ERGATE
Definition of ERGATE
noun
A worker ant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “workman”).
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.
ERGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERGATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ERGATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ERGATE?
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 119 - and most players walked straight past it.
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