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WORKMATES
Definition of WORKMATES
noun
plural of workmate
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Word DNA
WORKMATES inherits its ancestry from its root, WORK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, WORK · 21 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian and 4 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WORKMATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WORKMATES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEKMORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WORKMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WORKMATES?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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