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NOVATE
Definition of NOVATE
verb
To replace something with something new
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin novātus, perfect passive participle of novō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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.
NOVATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
NOVATE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AENOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found NOVATE?
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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