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GRANULATE

/ˈɡɹæn.juːl.eɪt/9 letters

Definition of GRANULATE

verb

To segment into tiny grains or particles.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, granule + -ate.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

GRANULATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 17 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
28
First board
95
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.

Built from these letters

GRANULATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GRANULATE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start GRANUL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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