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DETERMINACY
Definition of DETERMINACY
noun
The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality of being determinate.
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Where it comes from
From determinate + -cy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DETERMINATE · 2 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.
DETERMINACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETERMINACY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DETERMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DETERMINACY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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