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DOUBLETHINK
Definition of DOUBLETHINK
noun
The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct; an instance of doing so.
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Where it comes from
From double + think. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOUBLETHINK · 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.
DOUBLETHINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 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
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOUBLETHINK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BDEHIKLNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOUBLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found DOUBLETHINK?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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