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DAFT
Definition of DAFT
adjective
Foolish, silly, stupid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dafte, defte (“gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; dull; boorish”), from Old English dæfte (“accommodating; gentle, meek, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”). Related to Old English dafnian, dafenian (“to be fitting, appropriate, or becoming”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”). Doublet of deft. Compare silly which originally meant “blessed; good, innocent; pitiful; weak”, but now means “laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance; mentally simple, foolish”. Unrelated to, though perhaps influenced by, daff (“fool (n.); to be foolish (v.)”) (past form daffed).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (905)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAFT · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 72 boards so far. 204 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DAFT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADFT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DAFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DAFT?
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