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DELIRIOUS

/dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/9 letters

Definition of DELIRIOUS

adjective

Being in the state of delirium.

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Where it comes from

From delirium + -ous; see also Latin delirus (“silly, doting, crazy”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-ous

Same root, DELIRIUM · 5 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Latin.

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DELIRIOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 139 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 164
Its 48 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
48
Boards found on
7
First board
163
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

DELIRIOUS
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

DELIRIOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIILORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start DELIRI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DELIRIOUS?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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