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DEMARCATION
Definition of DEMARCATION
noun
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First recorded c.1752, from Spanish línea de demarcación and/or Portuguese linha de demarcação, the demarcation line laid down by the Pope on May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Both derive from demarcar, from de- + marcar (“to mark”), from Italian marcare, from the same Germanic root as march.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (894)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEMARCATION · 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.
DEMARCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMARCATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DEMARCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found DEMARCATION?
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