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DITTO

/ˈdɪtəʊ/5 letters

Definition of DITTO

noun

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

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Where it comes from

First attested in 1625. From regional Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of dire (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“to say, to speak”). Not related to English dittography. The specific meaning of making copies of paper comes from ditto machine, a genericization from the brand name of a spirit duplicator.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Italian
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,170)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, DITTO · 5 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

DITTO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 5 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
106
First board
137
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.

First ever to find it

jalopy

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DITTO
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DITTO starts with D and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read DIOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DITTO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DITTO?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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