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DILUVIAN
Definition of DILUVIAN
adjective
Pertaining to a deluge, or flood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
DILUVIAN carries 4 further meanings.
Relating to or of the nature of a deluge; diluvial.
adjective
Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial.
“of diluvian origin”
adjective
Pertaining to a deluge, or flood; diluvial
adjective
of or connected with a deluge
Where it comes from
From Latin dīluvium + English -an.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
DILUVIAN in a sentence
“Sufficient is however left to show that it belongs to an order of animals not yet described as either of anti or post-diluvian existence.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DILUVIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 364 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILUVIAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADIILNUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of DILUVIAN. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DILUVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DILUVIAN?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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