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CLEMENCY
Definition of CLEMENCY
noun
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clemency, clemencie, from Latin clēmentia. Gradually eclipsed Middle English clemence, from Old French clemence, from the same Latin origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (848)
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.
CLEMENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEMENCY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CCEELMNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Words that start CLEMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLEMENCY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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