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DEVILISH
Definition of DEVILISH
adjective
Resembling a devil.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English develissh, develyssh, equivalent to devil + -ish. Cognate with Saterland Frisian düvelsk, düüwelsk (“devilish”), West Frisian duvelsk (“devilish”), Dutch duivels (“devilish”), German Low German düvelsk (“devilish”), German teuflisch (“devilish”), Danish djævelsk (“devilish”), Swedish djävulsk (“devilish”), Norwegian djevelsk (“devilish”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEVILISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 315 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEVILISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DEHIILSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DEVILI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found DEVILISH?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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