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ORDAINMENT
Definition of ORDAINMENT
noun
Synonym of ordination.
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Where it comes from
Probably independently from ordain + -ment. Compare Middle English ordeynemente, from Anglo-Norman ordeinement.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman, Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORDAINMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORDAINMENT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMNNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ORDAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORDAINMENT?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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