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INFIDELITY

/ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/10 letters

Definition of INFIDELITY

noun

Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English infidelite, from Middle French infidelité (modern French infidélité) and its etymon Latin īnfidēlitās. Equivalent to infidel + -ity.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,170)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun5 syllablescompound-ity

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

INFIDELITY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its one board, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
155
First board
11
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.

Built from these letters

INFIDELITY
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start INFIDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INFIDELINFIDELSINFIDELICINFIDELITIES

Could you have found INFIDELITY?

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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.

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