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SUBTLETY
Definition of SUBTLETY
noun
The quality of being subtle. The quality of being scarcely noticeable or difficult to discern.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sotilte, from Old French sutilté, inherited from Latin subtīlitās, from subtīlis (“subtle”). Equivalent to subtle + -ty. Doublet of subtility.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBTLETY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBTLETY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBTLETY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BELSTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start SUBTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBTLETY?
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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