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GRATULATE
Definition of GRATULATE
verb
To express joy at (an event or situation).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested circa 1567; borrowed from Latin grātulātus, perfect active participle of grātulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRATULATE · 1 relative 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.
GRATULATE 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 2 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
GRATULATE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start GRATUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRATULATE?
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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