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COMMANDEERS
Definition of COMMANDEERS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of commandeer
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Word DNA
COMMANDEERS inherits its ancestry from its root, COMMANDEER.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
35th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (151)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMMANDEER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Old 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.
COMMANDEERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMMANDEERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEMMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMMAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMMANDEERS?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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