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GRADATIONED
Definition of GRADATIONED
verb
simple past and past participle of gradation
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Word DNA
GRADATIONED inherits its ancestry from its root, GRADATION.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,395)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRADATION · 2 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.
GRADATIONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
GRADATIONED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADDEGINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and D appear 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 GRADATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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