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SENATE
Definition of SENATE
noun
In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SENATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SENATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SENATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SENATE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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