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ADESPOTA
Definition of ADESPOTA
noun
Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin adespota (“anonymous literary works”), substantivised neuter plural of the adjective adespotos (“anonymous; undedicated”, of books), from Ancient Greek ἀδέσποτος (adéspotos, “anonymous”, of rumours or writings), from ἀ- (a-, “without”, alpha privative) + δεσπότης (despótēs, “master”). Compare despot.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADESPOTA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADESPOTA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found ADESPOTA?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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