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PROVOCATED
Definition of PROVOCATED
verb
simple past and past participle of provocate
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Word DNA
PROVOCATED inherits its ancestry from its root, PROVOCATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROVOCATE · 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.
PROVOCATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROVOCATED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEOOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROVOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROVOCATED?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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