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ALMONDINE
Definition of ALMONDINE
adjective
Like or of the almond or almond tree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English almandin; equivalent to almond + -ine. Sense 2 is modelled on French almondin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,529)
branch · 12.8% 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.
ALMONDINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALMONDINE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEILMNNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ALMOND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALMONDINE?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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