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REMAINDER
Definition of REMAINDER
noun
A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (102)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REMAINDER · 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.
REMAINDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
REMAINDER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIMNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start REMAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REMAINDER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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