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DEPEND
Definition of DEPEND
verb
To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition [with on or upon; or with of]
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English dependen, from Old French dependre, from Latin dependeō, from dē- + pendeō (“to be suspended, hang”). In this sense, displaced native Old English hangian (“to hang or depend”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,137)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEPEND · 2 relatives 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.
DEPEND 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 1 day.
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
DEPEND starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEENP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
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 DEPEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEPEND?
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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