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DETINUE
Definition of DETINUE
noun
A person or thing detained; a detainee.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From late Middle English detenue, from Old French detenue, feminine singular past participle of detenir (“to detain”). See detain.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (848)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DETINUE · 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.
DETINUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETINUE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEINTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found DETINUE?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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