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GRADUAND
Definition of GRADUAND
noun
A student who has completed the requirements for, but has not yet been awarded, a particular degree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since 1882. From Medieval Latin graduandus, gerundive of graduō (“to graduate”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,038)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRADUAND · 1 relative 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.
GRADUAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRADUAND starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADDGNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and D appear more than once.
Words that start GRADUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRADUAND?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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