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ACCOUNT
Definition of ACCOUNT
noun
A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACCOUNT · 3 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.
ACCOUNT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 5 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACCOUNT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACCNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCOUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCOUNT?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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