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DILETTANTE
Definition of DILETTANTE
noun
An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian dilettante, present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DILETTANTE · 3 relatives 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.
DILETTANTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILETTANTE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILNTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DILETT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DILETTANTE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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