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COMMIT
Definition of COMMIT
verb
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”). See mission.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMMIT · 2 relatives 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.
COMMIT 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 30 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
COMMIT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CIMMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMMIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMMIT?
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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