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MENDICATES
Definition of MENDICATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of mendicate
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Word DNA
MENDICATES inherits its ancestry from its root, MENDICATE.
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 (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MENDICATE · 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.
MENDICATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MENDICATES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MENDIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MENDICATES?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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