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GRATE
Definition of GRATE
noun
A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRATE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GRATE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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