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AUSTERITY
Definition of AUSTERITY
noun
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek αὐστηρότης (austērótēs, “bitter, harsh”). Morphologically austere + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUSTERITY · 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.
AUSTERITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUSTERITY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEIRSTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start AUSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUSTERITY?
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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