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ADMONISH
Definition of ADMONISH
verb
To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English a(d)monisshen (adapted through -ishen (“-ish”) from earlier amonesten), from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestāre, from Latin admoneō (“to remind, warn”), from ad- + moneō (“to warn, advise”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 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, ADMONISH · 4 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.
ADMONISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 191 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ADMONISH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ADHIMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ADMONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found ADMONISH?
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