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IDENTITY
Definition of IDENTITY
noun
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ydemptite, from Middle French identité and its etymon Late Latin idemptitās, identitās, from idem (“the same”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns) as a calque of Ancient Greek ταὐτότης (tautótēs, “sameness”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% 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.
IDENTITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 49 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
IDENTITY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEIINTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start IDENTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IDENTITY?
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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