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DISTRICT
Definition of DISTRICT
noun
An administrative division of an area.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISTRICT · 2 relatives 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.
DISTRICT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISTRICT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDIIRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start DISTRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISTRICT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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