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DOMINANT
Definition of DOMINANT
noun
The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French dominant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (343)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
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.
DOMINANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DOMINANT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADIMNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start DOMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOMINANT?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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