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DEMIGOD
Definition of DEMIGOD
noun
A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From demi- + god. Calque of Latin semideus (“half-god”), which is probably a coining by the Roman poet Ovid for less important gods such as dryads.
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 (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEMIGOD · 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.
DEMIGOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMIGOD starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEGIMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DEMIGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEMIGOD?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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