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AUDACITY
Definition of AUDACITY
noun
Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audācitās (whence -acity), from Latin audāx (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUDACITY · 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.
AUDACITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 228 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUDACITY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACDITUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AUDACI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found AUDACITY?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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