The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DAFF
Definition of DAFF
noun
A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”), from Old Norse daufr (“deaf, stupid”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf, stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, whirl, smoke, be obscure”). Doublet of deaf, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Swedish döv (“deaf”), Danish døv (“deaf, stupid”). More at deaf.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,431)
How it is built
Same root, DAFF · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAFF starts with D and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read ADFF - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DAFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAFF?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER