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MENTORED
Definition of MENTORED
verb
simple past and past participle of mentor
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Word DNA
MENTORED inherits its ancestry from its root, MENTOR.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MENTOR · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Proto-Indo-European, Sanskrit.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MENTORED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MENTORED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MENTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MENTORED?
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