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LAUREATE
Definition of LAUREATE
adjective
Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
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Where it comes from
First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat.
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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.
LAUREATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAUREATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEELRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start LAUREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAUREATE?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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