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DACTYLOUS
Definition of DACTYLOUS
adjective
Finger-like.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + -ous or dactyl + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DACTYLOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DACTYLOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDLOSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DACTYL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DACTYLOUS?
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 123 - and most players walked straight past it.
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