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DOCTRINE
Definition of DOCTRINE
noun
A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.
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.
DOCTRINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOCTRINE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DOCTRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found DOCTRINE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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