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GRADUATOR

9 letters

Definition of GRADUATOR

noun

One who graduates (determines or indicates graduation).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From graduate + -or.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-or

Same root, GRADUATE · 7 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

GRADUATOR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its 2 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
152
First board
154
Latest board
2
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

kat8

on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GRADUATOR
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GRADUATOR starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AADGORRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.

Words that start GRADUA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GRADUATOR?

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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.

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