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DIMWIT

/ˈdɪmwɪt/6 letters

Definition of DIMWIT

noun

A person who is deficient in intelligence.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Compound of dim + wit.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, DIMWIT · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DIMWIT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 38 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
38
Boards found on
14
First board
150
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

jvafai

on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIMWIT
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DIMWIT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DIIMTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start DIMWIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DIMWIT?

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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.

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