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DISSOLVE
Definition of DISSOLVE
verb
To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Recorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”) but with the sense from Anglo-Norman dissoldre (variant of Old French dissoudre), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”). By surface analysis, dis- + solve.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (281)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISSOLVE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, 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.
DISSOLVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISSOLVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEILOSSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DISSOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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