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OFFENSE
Definition of OFFENSE
noun
The act of offending. A crime or sin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% 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.
OFFENSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
Built from these letters
OFFENSE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFFNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OFFENS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OFFENSE?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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