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DUELISTS
Definition of DUELISTS
noun
plural of duelist
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Word DNA
DUELISTS inherits its ancestry from its root, DUEL.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (817)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUEL · 13 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.
DUELISTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUELISTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEILSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found DUELISTS?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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