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PRESIDIUM
Definition of PRESIDIUM
noun
A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian прези́диум (prezídium), from Latin praesidium. Doublet of praesidium and presidio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
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.
PRESIDIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRESIDIUM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEIIMPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 PRESID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRESIDIUM?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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