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IDIOM
Definition of IDIOM
noun
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French idiome, and its source, Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), from ἰδιοῦσθαι (idioûsthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”). By surface analysis, idi- + -om.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IDIOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
IDIOM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DIIMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IDIOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found IDIOM?
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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