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YATE
Definition of YATE
noun
Obsolete form of gate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ȝate, yate, ȝeat, alternative forms of gate, gat, from Old English ġeat (“a gate, door”), from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).
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.
YATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.
Built from these letters
YATE starts with Y and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AETY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found YATE?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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