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DIYA
Definition of DIYA
noun
A small bowl-shaped oil lamp, usually made from clay, with a cotton wick dipped in ghee or vegetable oil, often used on religious occasions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi दिया (diyā).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (356)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIYA · 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.
DIYA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIYA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADIY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DIYA?
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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