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AMENABLE
Definition of AMENABLE
adjective
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 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, AMENABLE · 1 relative 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.
AMENABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AMENABLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEELMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AMENAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found AMENABLE?
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