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DEMONIAC
Definition of DEMONIAC
adjective
Possessed or controlled by a demon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English demoniak et al., from Old French demoniaque, from Late Latin daemoniacus.
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.
DEMONIAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
DEMONIAC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIMNO - 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 DEMONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEMONIAC?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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