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DIVERSITY

/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/9 letters

Definition of DIVERSITY

noun

The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin dīversitās, equivalent to diverse + -ity. Displaced native Old English mislīcnes.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,330)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-ity

Its etymology also names Old English.

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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.

DIVERSITY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 25 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
25
Boards found on
25
First board
157
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DIVERSITY
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DIVERSITY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEIIRSTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start DIVERS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DIVERSITY?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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