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ADEPT
Definition of ADEPT
adjective
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADEPT · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADEPT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADEPT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADEPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ADEPT?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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