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IJTIHADS
Definition of IJTIHADS
noun
plural of ijtihad
noun
The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.
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Word DNA
IJTIHADS inherits its ancestry from its root, IJTIHAD.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (394)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IJTIHAD · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IJTIHADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 75 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IJTIHADS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHIIJST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found IJTIHADS?
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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