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AUDIT
Definition of AUDIT
noun
A judicial examination.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“to hear”). The sense of examine is because examinations were originally presented orally, and the examiner listened.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUDIT · 6 relatives 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.
AUDIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AUDIT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADITU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AUDIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found AUDIT?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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