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AVIDITY
Definition of AVIDITY
noun
Greediness; strong appetite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AVIDITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 116 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AVIDITY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADIITVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start AVIDIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found AVIDITY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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