The rare daily word game. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
IDEA
IDEA is a genuine outlier — when it sat on the grid, almost no one found it.
Definition
noun
An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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IDEA in OUTLIER
It has appeared in 15 daily puzzles so far. Its rarest showing was OUTLIER — worth 100 points.
The word, broken down
IDEA starts with I and ends with A. Its letters in order are ADEI — useful if you are hunting it on a scrambled grid.
Is IDEA a valid word?
Yes. IDEA is accepted in OUTLIER, the daily word game where every word is scored on how few players found it. The rarer the word, the higher it scores — and IDEA has been worth up to 100 points.