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COMMENSAL
Definition of COMMENSAL
adjective
Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English commensal, from Old French commensal, from Medieval Latin commensālis, from com- + mensa (“table”) + -ālis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMMENSAL · 1 relative 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.
COMMENSAL 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 3 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
COMMENSAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACELMMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMMENSAL?
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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