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CLANDESTINE
Definition of CLANDESTINE
adjective
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”); compare French clandestin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLANDESTINE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLANDESTINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CLANDESTINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEILNNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start CLANDES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLANDESTINE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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