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DIDDLERS

8 letters

Definition of DIDDLERS

noun

plural of diddler

DIDDLER

noun

A person who diddles; a cheat or swindler.

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Word DNA

DIDDLERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DIDDLE.

Line of descent

  1. Old English
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Old English

Deepest traced root

7th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

3.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,130)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, DIDDLE · 4 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, German.

Every Old English 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.

DIDDLERS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 172
Its one board, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
141
First board
31
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.

First ever to find it

sycron

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIDDLERS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DIDDLERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDDEILRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DIDDLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DIDDLEDIDDLEDDIDDLERDIDDLESDIDDLEYDIDDLEYS

Could you have found DIDDLERS?

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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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