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SPECIALITY
Definition of SPECIALITY
noun
UK standard form of specialty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From special + -ity, from Middle French spécialité, from Old French specialte, especialte, from Latin specialitas.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
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.
SPECIALITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPECIALITY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SPECIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SPECIALITY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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