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DERAILMENTS
Definition of DERAILMENTS
noun
plural of derailment
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Word DNA
DERAILMENTS inherits its ancestry from its root, DERAILMENT.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,085)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERAILMENT · 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.
DERAILMENTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DERAILMENTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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.
Could you have found DERAILMENTS?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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