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DEODAND
Definition of DEODAND
noun
An object forfeited to the state (and supposedly to God) because it had caused the death of a person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman deodande, from Latin deodandum, from Deo dandum (“to be given to God”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,673)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEODAND · 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.
DEODAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEODAND starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDDENO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found DEODAND?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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