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MODALITY
Definition of MODALITY
noun
The fact of being modal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French modalité.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,085)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MODALITY · 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.
MODALITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 224 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MODALITY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADILMOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MODALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found MODALITY?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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