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DUPLEXINGS
Definition of DUPLEXINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for DUPLEXINGS itself. This is its base word, DUPLEX.
adjective
Double; made up of two parts. Having two floors. Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments. Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for DUPLEX.
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% 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.
DUPLEXINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUPLEXINGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGILNPSUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DUPLEX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUPLEXINGS?
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