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DILIGENT
Definition of DILIGENT
adjective
Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), from dī-, dis- (“apart”) + legō (“to choose”); see elect and select.
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.
DILIGENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILIGENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEGIILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DILIGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found DILIGENT?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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