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DEMURRED
Definition of DEMURRED
verb
simple past and past participle of demur
verb
Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.
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Word DNA
DEMURRED 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
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,787)
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.
DEMURRED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMURRED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEMRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 DEMURR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEMURRED?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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