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DIALECTOLOGY
Definition of DIALECTOLOGY
noun
The study of dialects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dialect + -o- + -logy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIALECTOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DIALECTOLOGY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGILLOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once.
Words that start DIALECTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIALECTOLOGY?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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