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DADDLE

/ˈdædəɫ/6 letters

Definition of DADDLE

verb

To walk unsteadily; totter; dawdle

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Compare English doddle.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllables

Same root, DADDLE · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

DADDLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 145
Its one board, across 145 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
141
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

layne

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DADDLE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DADDLE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADDDEL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

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 DADDLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DADDLEDDADDLES

Could you have found DADDLE?

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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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