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DITTY
Definition of DITTY
noun
A short, simple verse or song.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dite, ditee, from Old French ditie or dité, from ditier, from Latin dictāre (participle dictatus).
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.
DITTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
DITTY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DITTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DITTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DITTY?
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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