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INSTITUTED

/ˈɪnstɪt(j)uːtɪd/10 letters

Definition of INSTITUTED

verb

simple past and past participle of institute

INSTITUTE

noun

An organization founded to promote a cause

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Word DNA

INSTITUTED inherits its ancestry from its root, INSTITUTE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,330)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

verb4 syllables

Same root, INSTITUTE · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

INSTITUTED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 2 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
106
First board
120
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.

First ever to find it

mimimarmalade

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INSTITUTED
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INSTITUTED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIINSTTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.

Words that start INSTIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INSTITUTEINSTITUTERINSTITUTESINSTITUTORINSTITORIALINSTITUTERSINSTITUTINGINSTITUTIONINSTITUTISTINSTITUTIVEINSTITUTORSINSTITUTIONS

Could you have found INSTITUTED?

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