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CONTEMN
Definition of CONTEMN
verb
To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English contempnen, from Old French contemner, from Latin contemnō (“to scorn”). See also contempt.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONTEMN · 5 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.
CONTEMN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 154, 21 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CONTEMN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEMNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start CONTEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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