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SUBTRAHEND
Definition of SUBTRAHEND
noun
A number or quantity to be subtracted from another.
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Where it comes from
1670s, from Latin subtrahendus numerus (“number to be subtracted”), form of subtrahō (“to pull out from under, to subtract”) (English subtract). By surface analysis, subtract + -end (“patient (recipient) of action”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBTRAHEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 58, 17 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBTRAHEND starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEHNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SUBTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found SUBTRAHEND?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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