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EDIFYING
Definition of EDIFYING
adjective
That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EDIFYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EDIFYING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFGIINY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 EDIFYI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found EDIFYING?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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