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SIMPLICITY
Definition of SIMPLICITY
noun
The state or quality of being simple The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English simplicite, from Old French simplicite, from Latin simplicitās, from simplex (“simple”). See simple. By surface analysis, simple + -icity. Partially displaced native English onefoldness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIMPLICITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIMPLICITY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CIIILMPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SIMPLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SIMPLICITY?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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