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COMMUNES
Definition of COMMUNES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
COMMUNES inherits its ancestry from its root, COMMUNE.
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 (25,664)
branch · 30.7% 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.
COMMUNES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 166, 2 November 2026.
Built from these letters
COMMUNES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEMMNOSU - 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 COMMUNES?
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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