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IRRITATE
Definition of IRRITATE
verb
To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IRRITATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
IRRITATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIIRRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, R and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start IRRITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IRRITATE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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