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ITALICS
Definition of ITALICS
noun
Letters in an italic typeface.
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Word DNA
ITALICS inherits its ancestry from its root, ITALIC.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,366)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ITALIC · 3 relatives 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.
ITALICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ITALICS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIILST - 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 ITALIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found ITALICS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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