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RATIONALITY

/ˌraʃəˈnalɪti/11 letters

Definition of RATIONALITY

noun

The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From rational + -ity, from French rationalité, from Late Latin rationalitas (“rationality, reasonableness”), from Latin rationalis (“reasonable”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,912)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun5 syllablescompound-ity

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RATIONALITY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 153
Its one board, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
152
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

darkfartsPATRON

on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RATIONALITY
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

RATIONALITY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAIILNORTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and I appear more than once.

Words that start RATIONA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found RATIONALITY?

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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.

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