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EISTEDDFOD
Definition of EISTEDDFOD
noun
Any of several annual festivals in which Welsh poets, dancers, and musicians compete for recognition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Welsh eisteddfod (“session”), from eistedd (“to sit”) + bod (“to be”), literally “being sitting”.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (63)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EISTEDDFOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EISTEDDFOD starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDDEEFIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EISTED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EISTEDDFOD?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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