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ENCOMIENDAS
Definition of ENCOMIENDAS
noun
plural of encomienda
noun
A system in Spain and, later and more extensively, in Spanish colonies, in which the right to exploit the labour of certain groups of subject people (initially, Muslims, during the Reconquista) was granted to conquerors; servitude within this system.
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Word DNA
ENCOMIENDAS inherits its ancestry from its root, ENCOMIENDA.
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (936)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENCOMIENDA · 1 relative 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.
ENCOMIENDAS 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 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENCOMIENDAS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMNNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Could you have found ENCOMIENDAS?
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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