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INHERITANCE
Definition of INHERITANCE
noun
The passing of title to an estate upon death.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,437)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INHERITANCE · 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.
INHERITANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INHERITANCE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHIINNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, N and E appear more than once.
Words that start INHERIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INHERITANCE?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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