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DISTRAINT
Definition of DISTRAINT
noun
The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
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Where it comes from
From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISTRAINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISTRAINT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADIINRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start DISTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISTRAINT?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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