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ACCUSE
Definition of ACCUSE
verb
To find fault with, blame, censure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin accūsō (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray and Old English sċyldan.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACCUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ACCUSE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCESU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCUSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCUSE?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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