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REPENTANCE
Definition of REPENTANCE
noun
The action of repenting, an instance of it, atonement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested circa 14th century, from Middle English repentance, repentaunce, from Old French repentance. More at repent. By surface analysis, repent + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,430)
branch · 12.8% 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.
REPENTANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REPENTANCE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEENNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear 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 REPENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REPENTANCE?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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