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ILLITERACY
Definition of ILLITERACY
noun
The inability to read and write.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From il- + literacy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ILLITERACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ILLITERACY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILLRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ILLITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ILLITERACY?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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