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COMMUNE
Definition of COMMUNE
noun
A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English commune, comune, from Old French comune, commune, from Medieval Latin commūnia, from Latin commūne (“community, state”), from commūnis (“common”). Doublet of comune. See also community, communion, common.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMMUNE · 8 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.
COMMUNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
COMMUNE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEMMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMMUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMMUNE?
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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