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ADDLES
Definition of ADDLES
noun
plural of addle
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Word DNA
ADDLES inherits its ancestry from its root, ADDLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.5%
of traced words share this origin (922)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADDLE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Middle Low German, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADDLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADDLES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDELS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ADDLES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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