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INFATUATES

10 letters

Definition of INFATUATES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of infatuate

INFATUATE

verb

To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm.

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Word DNA

INFATUATES inherits its ancestry from its root, INFATUATE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (24,117)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

verb-ate

Same root, INFATUATE · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INFATUATES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 2 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
138
First board
148
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.

Built from these letters

INFATUATES
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

INFATUATES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEFINSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.

Words that start INFATU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INFATUATEINFATUATEDINFATUATORINFATUATINGINFATUATIONINFATUATIONS

Could you have found INFATUATES?

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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