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SURROGATED
Definition of SURROGATED
verb
simple past and past participle of surrogate
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Word DNA
SURROGATED inherits its ancestry from its root, SURROGATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SURROGATE · 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.
SURROGATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SURROGATED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGORRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SURROG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SURROGATED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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