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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).
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 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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