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IDIOT

/ˈɪdiət/5 letters

Definition of IDIOT

noun

A person of low general intelligence.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota. By surface analysis, idi- + -ot.

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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.

IDIOT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 23 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
23
First board
109
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.

Built from these letters

IDIOT
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

IDIOT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DIIOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start IDIOT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

IDIOTSIDIOTCYIDIOTICIDIOTISHIDIOTISMIDIOTYPEIDIOTCIESIDIOTICALIDIOTICONIDIOTISMSIDIOTYPESIDIOTYPIC

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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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

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