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DISPATCH
Definition of DISPATCH
verb
To send (a shipment) with promptness.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish despachar and/or Italian dispacciare. Further etymology is uncertain. For first element des-, see dis-. Second element probably from either Vulgar Latin *pactāre (“to fasten"”), *pactiare or Latin -pedicāre (“to entrap, shackle”), from pedica, from pēs. Ultimately related to impeach through shared Latin root. The first known use in writing (in the past tense, spelled as dispached) is by Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall in 1517. This would be unusually early for a borrowing from a Romance language other than French, but Tunstall had studied in Italy and was Commissioner to Spain, so this word may have been borrowed through diplomatic circles. The alternative spelling despatch was introduced in Samuel Johnson's dictionary, probably by accident. Compare typologically deliver (for the meaning to bring or transport) (< Latin dē- + līberō).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISPATCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISPATCH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DISPAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DISPATCH?
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