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PREDICAMENT
Definition of PREDICAMENT
noun
A definite class, state or condition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PREDICAMENT · 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.
PREDICAMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PREDICAMENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PREDICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PREDICAMENT?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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