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DIKTAT
Definition of DIKTAT
noun
A dogmatic decree or command, especially issued by one who rules without popular consent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Diktat, from Latin dictātum (“that which has been dictated”), from the perfect passive participle of dictō (“dictate”). Doublet of dictate. Originally used with reference to Germany's penalties as dictated by the Treaty of Versailles.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIKTAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIKTAT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADIKTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start DIKTAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIKTAT?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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