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GRATINATES
Definition of GRATINATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of gratinate
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Word DNA
GRATINATES inherits its ancestry from its root, GRATINATE.
How it is built
Same root, GRATINATE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRATINATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRATINATES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEGINRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start GRATIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRATINATES?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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