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ROMANCES
Definition of ROMANCES
noun
plural of romance
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Word DNA
ROMANCES inherits its ancestry from its root, ROMANCE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROMANCE · 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.
ROMANCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROMANCES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ROMANC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found ROMANCES?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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