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SUBTILEST

9 letters

Definition of SUBTILEST

adjective

superlative form of subtile: most subtile

SUBTLE · via subtile

adjective

Senses relating to tangible things. Of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable; not obvious; inconspicuous, unintrusive. Having a delicate or fine substance or texture; hence, exquisite, refined. Slender, thin. Of a substance: finely powdered; also, of particles of a substance: very fine or small. Of weight: after the tare (“weight of an empty container”) has been subtracted; net.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

SUBTILEST 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
146
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

theincredible

on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SUBTILEST
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SUBTILEST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEILSSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and T appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SUBTIL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SUBTILSUBTILESUBTILERSUBTILINSUBTILTYSUBTILELYSUBTILINSSUBTILISESUBTILITYSUBTILIZESUBTILISEDSUBTILISER

Could you have found SUBTILEST?

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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.

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