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DACOIT
Definition of DACOIT
noun
A bandit or armed robber, especially in former parts of British India.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani ڈکیت / डकैत (ḍakait), from ڈاکا (ḍākā) / डाका (ḍākā, “gang-robbery”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DACOIT · 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.
DACOIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DACOIT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDIOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DACOIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DACOIT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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