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DEMURRER
Definition of DEMURRER
noun
A motion by a party to a legal action for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question of whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party bringing the motion is required to answer or proceed further.
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Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman demurrer, form of Old French demourer (“to demur”), infinitive used as noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,358)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEMURRER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEMURRER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMURRER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEEMRRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. 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 DEMURRER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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