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MODERNITY
Definition of MODERNITY
noun
The quality of being modern or contemporary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.
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.
MODERNITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MODERNITY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEIMNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MODERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MODERNITY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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