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DIAPHANE
Definition of DIAPHANE
noun
Something transparent.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French diaphane, from Medieval Latin diaphanus (“transparent”), borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰφᾰνής (dĭăphănḗs), from δῐᾰφαίνω (dĭăphaínō, “to shine; to be manifest”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, dia- + -phane.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,575)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIAPHANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIAPHANE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEHINP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DIAPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIAPHANE?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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