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IDIOCY
Definition of IDIOCY
noun
The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French idiotie, from Old French idiot. Displaced earlier idiotacy, idiotry. Equivalent to idiot + -cy. By surface analysis, idio- + -cy.
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.
IDIOCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IDIOCY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDIIOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found IDIOCY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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