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LIFTGATE
Definition of LIFTGATE
noun
A hydraulic or electric platform that installs onto the rear of a vehicle and which may be raised or lowered in the loading and unloading of heavy cargo.
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Where it comes from
From lift + gate.
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.
LIFTGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIFTGATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGILTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start LIFTGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LIFTGATE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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