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INFIDEL

/ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/7 letters

Definition of INFIDEL

adjective

Rejecting a specific religion.

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Where it comes from

First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

INFIDEL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 21 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
7
First board
96
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

INFIDEL
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INFIDEL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DEFIILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start INFIDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INFIDELSINFIDELICINFIDELITYINFIDELITIES

Could you have found INFIDEL?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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