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CONTUBERNAL
Definition of CONTUBERNAL
adjective
Living in close proximity (as though sharing a tent); intimate, familiar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin contubernālis, from contubernium (“companionship in a tent”), from con- + taberna (“a hut, shed, tent”). More at tavern.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,276)
branch · 30.7% 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.
CONTUBERNAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTUBERNAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABCELNNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found CONTUBERNAL?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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