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DESCENDANTS

/dɪˈsɛndənts/11 letters

Definition of DESCENDANTS

noun

plural of descendant

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DESCENDANTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 123
Its one board, across 123 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
33
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.

First ever to find it

jeoulie68x

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DESCENDANTS
11
Letters
3
Vowels
8
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DESCENDANTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEENNSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, E, S and N appear more than once.

Words that start DESCEND

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DESCENDDESCENDSDESCENDEDDESCENDERDESCENDANTDESCENDENTDESCENDERSDESCENDEURDESCENDINGDESCENDABLEDESCENDENTSDESCENDEURS

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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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