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COMMISSAR
Definition of COMMISSAR
noun
An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible for political education.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian комисса́р (komissár), from German Kommissar (“commissioner”), from Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% 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.
COMMISSAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMMISSAR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACIMMORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMMIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMMISSAR?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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