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ANCESTRY
Definition of ANCESTRY
noun
The state of being ancestors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (843)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANCESTRY · 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.
ANCESTRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ANCESTRY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACENRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ANCEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found ANCESTRY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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