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DISPEND
Definition of DISPEND
verb
To spend or expend.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French despendre (> French dépendre), from Latin dispendere.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,794)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISPEND · 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.
DISPEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISPEND starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DISPEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISPEND?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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