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INNATE
Definition of INNATE
adjective
Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
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Where it comes from
The adjective is first attested in the 1420s, the verb in 1602; from Middle English innat(e) (“innate, inborn”), borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn, innate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect active participle of innāscor (“to be born in, grow up in”), from in- (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“to be born”); see natal, native. The verb is derived from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INNATE · 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.
INNATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
INNATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INNATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INNATE?
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