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AMUSEMENT
Definition of AMUSEMENT
noun
Entertainment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser + -ment. Morphologically amuse + -ment.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (866)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMUSEMENT · 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.
AMUSEMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 75 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMUSEMENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEMMNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once.
Could you have found AMUSEMENT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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