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SUBSTANCES
Definition of SUBSTANCES
noun
plural of substance
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Word DNA
SUBSTANCES inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBSTANCE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBSTANCE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBSTANCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBSTANCES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCENSSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SUBSTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBSTANCES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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