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DITTANIES
Definition of DITTANIES
noun
plural of dittany
noun
A labiate plant of species Origanum dictamnus, formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; dittany of Crete.
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Word DNA
DITTANIES inherits its ancestry from its root, DITTANY.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DITTANY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DITTANIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
DITTANIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIINSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T 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 DITTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DITTANIES?
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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