The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OPERATE
Definition of OPERATE
verb
To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin operātus, perfect passive participle of operor (“to work, labor, toil, have effect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OPERATE · 3 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.
OPERATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPERATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OPERAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found OPERATE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER