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RESIANCE
Definition of RESIANCE
noun
residence; abode
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin reseantia, Old French reseance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,496)
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.
RESIANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESIANCE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINRS - 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 RESIAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESIANCE?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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