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GRADUATES
Definition of GRADUATES
noun
plural of graduate
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Word DNA
GRADUATES inherits its ancestry from its root, GRADUATE.
Line of descent
- Japanese
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (319)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRADUATE · 7 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.
GRADUATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRADUATES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEGRSTU - 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.
Could you have found GRADUATES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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