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DIMINISH
Definition of DIMINISH
verb
To make smaller.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Formed under the influence of both diminue (from Old French diminuer, from Latin dīminuo) and minish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIMINISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIMINISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DHIIIMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 DIMINI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIMINISH?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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