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IDLEST
Definition of IDLEST
adjective
superlative form of idle: most idle
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Word DNA
IDLEST inherits its ancestry from its root, IDLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IDLE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IDLEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IDLEST starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found IDLEST?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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