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PROBATES
Definition of PROBATES
noun
plural of probate
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Other senses
PROBATES carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of probate.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of probate.
Word DNA
PROBATES inherits its ancestry from its root, PROBATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROBATE · 3 relatives in the game
PROBATES in a sentence
“Civil handled mostly family and probate law (adoptions, divorces, probates etc) and only took indigent clients (we had the same standards as the Court for IFP filings).”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Clinics Under Siege, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROBATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROBATES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROBAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PROBATES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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