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SEIGNIORAGE
Definition of SEIGNIORAGE
noun
All the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French seigneurage, from seigneur + -age.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (290)
branch · 15.3% 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.
SEIGNIORAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEIGNIORAGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGGIINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, I and G appear more than once.
Words that start SEIGNIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEIGNIORAGE?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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