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ATTAINT
Definition of ATTAINT
adjective
Convicted, attainted.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English atteinte, from Old French ateint, past participle of ateindre; in some senses influenced by taint.
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 (2,410)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATTAINT · 2 relatives 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.
ATTAINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATTAINT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAINTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ATTAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATTAINT?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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