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IGNORANT
Definition of IGNORANT
adjective
Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IGNORANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IGNORANT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGINNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start IGNORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IGNORANT?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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