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ADAMANCE
Definition of ADAMANCE
noun
The quality of being adamant
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas) + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,145)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADAMANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADAMANCE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAACDEMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ADAMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADAMANCE?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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