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CONTREDANSE
Definition of CONTREDANSE
noun
A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French contredanse, itself from English country dance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,514)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONTREDANSE · 1 relative 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.
CONTREDANSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTREDANSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEENNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start CONTRED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTREDANSE?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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