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DEMURES
Definition of DEMURES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of demure
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Word DNA
DEMURES inherits its ancestry from its root, DEMUR.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, DEMUR · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEMURES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEMURES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEMRSU - 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 34
Could you have found DEMURES?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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