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DISTRICTS
Definition of DISTRICTS
noun
plural of district
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Word DNA
DISTRICTS inherits its ancestry from its root, DISTRICT.
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.
DISTRICTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
Built from these letters
DISTRICTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDIIRSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, S and T appear more than once.
Words that start DISTRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISTRICTS?
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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