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DIATRIBE
Definition of DIATRIBE
noun
An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”), from διά (diá, “through”) + τρίβω (tríbō, “to waste, wear out”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,145)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIATRIBE · 1 relative 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.
DIATRIBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 116 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIATRIBE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEIIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DIATRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIATRIBE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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