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GRADUATE
Definition of GRADUATE
noun
A person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of education.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English graduat(e) (“(noun) a graduate of a university; (adjective) graduate, having graduated”, also used as the past participle of graduaten (“to graduate”)), borrowed from Medieval Latin graduātus (“graduated, graduate”), perfect passive participle of graduō (“to graduate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from gradus (“step”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun is originally derived within Latin from the adjective via substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Sense 10 of the verb, relating to Japanese entertainment, is a semantic loan from Japanese 卒業 (sotsugyō).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRADUATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRADUATE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEGRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GRADUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found GRADUATE?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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