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REMOTE
Definition of REMOTE
adjective
At a distance; disconnected.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REMOTE · 3 relatives 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.
REMOTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
REMOTE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REMOTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found REMOTE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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