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DAFFODIL
Definition of DAFFODIL
noun
A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.
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Where it comes from
Variant of Middle English affodill (“ramson”), from Medieval Latin affodillus, from Latin asphodelus, from Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos), of Pre-Greek origin. The initial d- is perhaps from merging of the article in Dutch de affodil, the Netherlands being a source for bulbs (compare adder, apron, newt, nickname, orange and umpire for this rebracketing process). Doublet of asphodel.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (225)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAFFODIL · 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.
DAFFODIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
DAFFODIL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADDFFILO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DAFFOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAFFODIL?
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