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DICTY
Definition of DICTY
adjective
stylish and respectable; high-class
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Where it comes from
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DICTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DICTY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDITY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DICTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DICTY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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