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DIALOGUE
Definition of DIALOGUE
noun
A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIALOGUE · 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.
DIALOGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIALOGUE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEGILOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DIALOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found DIALOGUE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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