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DIACHRONISM
Definition of DIACHRONISM
noun
A sedimentary rock formation in which the material, although of a similar nature, varies in age with the place where it was deposited.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIACHRONISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIACHRONISM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIIMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DIACHRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIACHRONISM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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