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DEMURE
Definition of DEMURE
adjective
Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English demure, demwre, an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman de mure port (“with a mature demeanor”) (compare Old French meur from Latin mātūrus):
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (105)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEMURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEMURE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEMURE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found DEMURE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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