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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).
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 30 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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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