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GRATES
Definition of GRATES
noun
plural of grate
noun
A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
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Word DNA
GRATES inherits its ancestry from its root, GRAT.
How it is built
Same root, GRAT · 5 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.
GRATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRATES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found GRATES?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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