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DEMURRAGE
Definition of DEMURRAGE
noun
the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
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Where it comes from
1640s, from Old French demorage, from demorer (English demur), from Latin dēmorārī (“to tarry”). By surface analysis, demur (“delay”) + -age, with doubled ‘r’ to clarify pronunciation and avoid ambiguity with demure.
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.
DEMURRAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DEMURRAGE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGMRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DEMURR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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