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ERRATIC
Definition of ERRATIC
adjective
Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English erratik, from Middle French erratique (from Old French erratique) and its etymon Classical Latin errāticus.
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.
ERRATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERRATIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEIRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 ERRATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ERRATIC?
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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