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INDAGATE
Definition of INDAGATE
verb
to search into, investigate
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin indāgātus, perfect passive participle of indāgō (“to search”), 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 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INDAGATE · 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.
INDAGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INDAGATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEGINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start INDAGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INDAGATE?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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