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ESTRANGE
Definition of ESTRANGE
verb
To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French estranger (“to treat as a stranger”), from Latin extraneus (“foreigner, stranger”) (from which also strange, stranger). Also see Spanish extraño.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (436)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ESTRANGE · 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.
ESTRANGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ESTRANGE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ESTRAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ESTRANGE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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