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COUNTERMANDS
Definition of COUNTERMANDS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of countermand
verb
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
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Word DNA
COUNTERMANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, COUNTERMAND.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COUNTERMAND · 2 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.
COUNTERMANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 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 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTERMANDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEMNNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start COUNTERM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERMANDS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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