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DETAIL
Definition of DETAIL
noun
A part small enough to escape casual notice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”). Compare typologically Bulgarian подробност (podrobnost), Czech podrobnost, Russian подро́бность (podróbnostʹ) (akin to дроби́ть (drobítʹ)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,283)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DETAIL · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DETAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DETAIL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DETAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DETAIL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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