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MAGNATE
Definition of MAGNATE
noun
Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAGNATE · 2 relatives 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.
MAGNATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MAGNATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MAGNAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found MAGNATE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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