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RUINATES
Definition of RUINATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of ruinate
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Word DNA
RUINATES inherits its ancestry from its root, RUINATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUINATE · 2 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.
RUINATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUINATES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEINRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RUINAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUINATES?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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