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DAKS
Definition of DAKS
noun
Trousers or underwear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly created by Alexander Simpson and his business partner Dudley Beck. Blend of dad + slacks, named after Simeon Simpson, the founder of the company and the American word for informal trousers.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 57, 16 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DAKS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found DAKS?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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