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DEODAR
Definition of DEODAR
noun
Any member of the species Cedrus deodara of cedar trees native to the western Himalayas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from colloquial Hindustani دیودار (dyodār) / देओदार (deodār), from دیودار (dyodār) / देवदार (devdār), from Sanskrit देवदारु (deva-dāru, literally “divine tree”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (236)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEODAR · 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.
DEODAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEODAR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADDEOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEODAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEODAR?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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