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RESIDE
Definition of RESIDE
verb
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).
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%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RESIDE · 2 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.
RESIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 87, 15 August 2026.
Built from these letters
RESIDE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEIRS - 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 RESIDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESIDE?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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