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VACATES
Definition of VACATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of vacate
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Word DNA
VACATES inherits its ancestry from its root, VACATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VACATE · 4 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.
VACATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VACATES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACESTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found VACATES?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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