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ORDINANCE
Definition of ORDINANCE
noun
A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) (modern French ordonnance), from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of ordino (“put in order”) (whence ordain). Doublet of ordonnance.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORDINANCE · 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.
ORDINANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ORDINANCE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start ORDINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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