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LINEATE
Definition of LINEATE
verb
To mark with lines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1558; borrowed from Medieval Latin līneātus, perfect passive participle of līneō (“to draw a line; (classically) to reduce to a straight line, make straight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līnea (“a line”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LINEATE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LINEATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINEATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start LINEAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found LINEATE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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