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DIRECTNESS
Definition of DIRECTNESS
noun
The state or quality of being direct.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From direct + -ness.
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.
DIRECTNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIRECTNESS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEEINRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DIRECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIRECTNESS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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