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DOMESTIC
Definition of DOMESTIC
adjective
Of or relating to the home.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOMESTIC · 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.
DOMESTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOMESTIC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEIMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DOMEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DOMESTIC?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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