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OPERATED
Definition of OPERATED
adjective
Operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy.
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Word DNA
OPERATED inherits its ancestry from its root, OPERATE.
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.
OPERATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 81 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPERATED starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEOPRT - 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.
Could you have found OPERATED?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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