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DAGGERING
Definition of DAGGERING
noun
A stab from, or as if from, a dagger.
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Word DNA
DAGGERING inherits its ancestry from its root, DAGGER.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Welsh
- Danish
- Old Norse
- Middle Low German
- Dutch
- Spanish
- Italian
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
11 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,376)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAGGER · 3 relatives 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.
DAGGERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAGGERING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGGGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DAGGER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAGGERING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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