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WITENAGEMOT
Definition of WITENAGEMOT
noun
Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th century, initially with regional jurisdiction (there being different ones in Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex), later with national jurisdiction, made up of important noblemen.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Old English witena ġemōt (literally “assembly of the wise”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% 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.
WITENAGEMOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WITENAGEMOT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEGIMNOTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start WITENAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WITENAGEMOT?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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