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INFIDELS
Definition of INFIDELS
noun
plural of infidel
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Word DNA
INFIDELS inherits its ancestry from its root, INFIDEL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INFIDEL · 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.
INFIDELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFIDELS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEFIILNS - 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.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found INFIDELS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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