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ACEDIA

/əˈsiːdɪə/6 letters

Definition of ACEDIA

noun

Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Doublet of accidie.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ACEDIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 25 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
25
Boards found on
15
First board
102
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ACEDIA
6
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ACEDIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDEI - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start ACEDIA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.

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