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ADIT
Definition of ADIT
noun
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage, used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin aditus (“entrance, access”), from ad (“to, up to”) + itus (“going, departure”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADIT · 1 relative 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.
ADIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADIT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ADIT?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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