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DIRIGES
Definition of DIRIGES
noun
plural of dirige
noun
A Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.
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Word DNA
DIRIGES inherits its ancestry from its root, DIRIGE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIRIGE · 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.
DIRIGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIRIGES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGIIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found DIRIGES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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