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DEWAN
Definition of DEWAN
noun
A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi दीवान (dīvān), from Classical Persian دیوَان (dēwān), from Middle Persian dywʾn' (dēwān). Doublet of divan and douane.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (476)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEWAN · 5 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.
DEWAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 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
DEWAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADENW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEWAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEWAN?
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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