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ATTICS
Definition of ATTICS
noun
plural of attic
noun
The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
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Word DNA
ATTICS inherits its ancestry from its root, ATTIC.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATTIC · 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.
ATTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ATTICS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACISTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ATTICS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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