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ATTAINDER
Definition of ATTAINDER
noun
The state a prisoner entered once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
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Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman ataindre ("to reach"), with infinitives used as nouns being frequent in Law French. Doublet of attain and attinge.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,087)
branch · 15.4% 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.
ATTAINDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATTAINDER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AADEINRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 ATTAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATTAINDER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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