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DIADOCHY

8 letters

Definition of DIADOCHY

noun

the capability of an atom to replace another in a particular crystal structure

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Where it comes from

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

DIADOCHY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 165
Its 3 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
111
First board
134
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.

First ever to find it

stormantic

on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIADOCHY
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DIADOCHY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDDHIOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.

Words that start DIADOC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DIADOCHIDIADOCHIES

Could you have found DIADOCHY?

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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.

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