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GREATEN
Definition of GREATEN
verb
To become great or large; increase; dilate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en.
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.
GREATEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GREATEN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEGNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GREATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found GREATEN?
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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