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DECLAIMS
Definition of DECLAIMS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of declaim
verb
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
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Word DNA
DECLAIMS inherits its ancestry from its root, DECLAIM.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECLAIM · 4 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.
DECLAIMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DECLAIMS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DECLAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found DECLAIMS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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