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GRATULATES
Definition of GRATULATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of gratulate
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Word DNA
GRATULATES inherits its ancestry from its root, GRATULATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRATULATE · 2 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.
GRATULATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRATULATES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRATUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRATULATES?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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