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DESIGN
Definition of DESIGN
noun
A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“to mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“to mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DESIGN · 3 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.
DESIGN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DESIGN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEGINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DESIGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESIGN?
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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