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LEGATE
Definition of LEGATE
noun
A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Old English legat(e), from Old French legat, from Latin lēgātus, substantivized from the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, send as envoy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEGATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LEGATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found LEGATE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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