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POTENTATE

/ˈpəʊ.tən.teɪt/9 letters

Definition of POTENTATE

noun

A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English potentat, from Old French, from Late Latin potentātus (“rule, political power”), from Latin potēns (“powerful, strong”), the active present participle of possum (“to be able”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

POTENTATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its one board, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

scottword

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

POTENTATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

POTENTATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEENOPTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.

Words that start POTENT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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