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DRESS
Definition of DRESS
verb
To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
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Where it comes from
The verb is from Middle English dressen, dresse (“to arrange, put in order”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French dresser, drecier (modern French dresser), from Late Latin *dīrēctiāre (“to guide, direct”), from Classical Latin dīrēctus, whence English direct. Further akin to Latin regō. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare typologically adorn (<< Latin ōrnō < ōrdō, whence also ōrdinō, English order, ornament); Russian наряжа́ть (narjažátʹ), наря́д (narjád) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRESS 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 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DRESS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DERSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DRESS
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