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DEANSHIP
Definition of DEANSHIP
noun
The position or role of a dean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dean + -ship.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEANSHIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 81, 9 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DEANSHIP starts with D and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ADEHINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEANSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEANSHIP?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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