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ADUST
Definition of ADUST
adjective
Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French aduste, and its source, Latin adustus (“burnt, scorched”), past participle of adūrere.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADUST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADUST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ADUST?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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