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DIDACT
Definition of DIDACT
noun
A didactic person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
DIDACT carries a second meaning.
noun
a person gifted, trained, or intending to instruct
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek διδακτός (didaktós).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIDACT · 1 relative in the game
DIDACT in a sentence
“Van's window cleaner is an auto-didact who reads Kerouac and disappears home to listen to Jimmie Rodgers.”
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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.
DIDACT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 145 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIDACT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDDIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DIDACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIDACT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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