The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DILUTE
Definition of DILUTE
verb
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
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.
DILUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 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 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILUTE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEILTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DILUTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found DILUTE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER