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DIDACTICS

/daɪˈdæktɪks/9 letters

Definition of DIDACTICS

noun

plural of didactic

DIDACTIC

adjective

Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.

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Word DNA

DIDACTICS inherits its ancestry from its root, DIDACTIC.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,501)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-ic

Same root, DIDACTIC · 2 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DIDACTICS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 2 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
90
First board
139
Latest board
49
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

la_lentille

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIDACTICS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DIDACTICS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCDDIIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, I and C appear more than once.

Words that start DIDACT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DIDACTDIDACTSDIDACTICDIDACTYLDIDACTIONDIDACTYLSDIDACTICALDIDACTICISMDIDACTYLISMDIDACTYLOUSDIDACTICALLYDIDACTICISMS

Could you have found DIDACTICS?

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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