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DERANGE
Definition of DERANGE
verb
To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (894)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERANGE · 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.
DERANGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DERANGE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DERANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DERANGE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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