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AMENDMENT

/əˈmɛndmənt/9 letters

Definition of AMENDMENT

noun

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

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Where it comes from

From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum, equivalent to amend + -ment.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,695)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-ment

Same root, AMENDMENT · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AMENDMENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
166
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

avalanchesabove

on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AMENDMENT
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

AMENDMENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEEMMNNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M, E and N appear more than once.

Words that start AMENDM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found AMENDMENT?

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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.

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