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VERDIT
Definition of VERDIT
noun
Obsolete form of verdict.
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Word DNA
VERDIT inherits its ancestry from its root, VERDICT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,005)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VERDICT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERDIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERDIT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEIRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 VERDIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERDIT?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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