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ADROIT
Definition of ADROIT
adjective
deft, dexterous, or skillful
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towards”), from Latin ad (“to; towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“at; near”)) + French droit (“right”) (from Old French droit, dreit, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus (“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”), perfective passive participle of dīrigō (“to lay straight”), from dis- (“apart, in two”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice; in two”)) + regō (“to govern, rule; to guide, steer”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to be straightening, setting upright”))).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, ADROIT · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADROIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 100 boards so far. 526 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADROIT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ADROIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
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