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STANDARD
Definition of STANDARD
adjective
Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand + -ard. An alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand + -er. More at stand, hard, ord. As a hill-naming term possibly a calque from Cumbric; equivalent to Welsh lluman (“standard”), arising with confusion with the hill-naming element llumon (“chimney”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (57)
branch · 0.8% 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.
STANDARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STANDARD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADDNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and D appear more than once.
Words that start STANDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STANDARD?
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