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DILATANCY
Definition of DILATANCY
noun
The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dilate + -ancy or dilatant + -cy.
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.
DILATANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILATANCY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACDILNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DILATA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DILATANCY?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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