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LITERACY
Definition of LITERACY
noun
The ability to read and write.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From liter(ate) + -acy.
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.
LITERACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LITERACY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEILRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LITERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found LITERACY?
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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