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DICTIONARIES
Definition of DICTIONARIES
noun
plural of dictionary
noun
A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each term's meanings or senses, often also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.
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Word DNA
DICTIONARIES inherits its ancestry from its root, DICTIONARY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DICTIONARY · 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.
DICTIONARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DICTIONARIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIIINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DICTIONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DICTIONARIES?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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