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FEMICIDES
Definition of FEMICIDES
noun
plural of femicide
noun
The killing of a woman or girl, originally with reference to loss of virtue but now usually specifically because of their sex or gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny.
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Another sense
FEMICIDES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of femicide.
Word DNA
FEMICIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, FEMICIDE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FEMICIDE · 1 relative in the game
FEMICIDES in a sentence
“* Film on "femicides" in Guatemala: Killer's Paradise”
Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives, 2006
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FEMICIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEMICIDES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFIIMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found FEMICIDES?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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