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COMPENDIOUS
Definition of COMPENDIOUS
adjective
containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), from compendium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% 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.
COMPENDIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPENDIOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEIMNOOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start COMPEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMPENDIOUS?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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