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ESTIMATES

/ˈɛstəməts/9 letters

Definition of ESTIMATES

noun

plural of estimate

ESTIMATE

noun

A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.

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Word DNA

ESTIMATES inherits its ancestry from its root, ESTIMATE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (10,004)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-tus

Same root, ESTIMATE · 3 relatives in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ESTIMATES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 154
Its one board, across 154 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
64
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 64 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

ESTIMATES
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ESTIMATES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEIMSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, S and T appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ESTIMA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ESTIMATEESTIMABLEESTIMABLYESTIMATEDESTIMATORESTIMATINGESTIMATIONESTIMATIVEESTIMATORSESTIMATIONSESTIMABLENESSESTIMABLENESSES

Could you have found ESTIMATES?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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