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LYDDITES
Definition of LYDDITES
Wiktionary has no entry for LYDDITES itself. This is its base word, LYDDITE.
noun
An explosive consisting of a mixture of picric acid and guncotton.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LYDDITE.
From Lydd + -ite, from Lydd in England where it was developed and tested.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LYDDITE · 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.
LYDDITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
LYDDITES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEILSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LYDDITES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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