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SUBSIDENCY
Definition of SUBSIDENCY
noun
Archaic form of subsidence.
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Word DNA
SUBSIDENCY inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBSIDENCE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBSIDENCE · 1 relative 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.
SUBSIDENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBSIDENCY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCDEINSSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SUBSID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBSIDENCY?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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