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DIENCEPHALA
Definition of DIENCEPHALA
noun
plural of diencephalon
DIENCEPHALON
noun
The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.
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Word DNA
DIENCEPHALA inherits its ancestry from its root, DIENCEPHALON.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIENCEPHALON · 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.
DIENCEPHALA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIENCEPHALA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEHILNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start DIENCEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIENCEPHALA?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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