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DIPLOMACY
Definition of DIPLOMACY
noun
The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French diplomatie, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from Latin diploma (“a letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma.
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.
DIPLOMACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DIPLOMACY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDILMOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DIPLOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DIPLOMACY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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