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DIFFIDENCE
Definition of DIFFIDENCE
noun
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin diffīdentiam (“distrust”), from diffīdere (“to mistrust”), from dis- and fīdere (“to trust”). Attested since ∼1400. The original sense was antonymous with confidence, and the modern sense of ‘distrusting oneself’ dates from the 1650s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,658)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIFFIDENCE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIFFIDENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIFFIDENCE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDDEEFFIIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, I, F and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DIFFID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIFFIDENCE?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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