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IDLESSE

/ˈaɪdləs/7 letters

Definition of IDLESSE

noun

idleness

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

IDLESSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 165
Its one board, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
146
First board
19
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.

First ever to find it

rchard

on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

IDLESSE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

IDLESSE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEILSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

DIESELSSEIDELS

Words that start IDLESS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

IDLESSES

Could you have found IDLESSE?

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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.

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