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DALMATIC
Definition of DALMATIC
noun
A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and is worn by a deacon at the Eucharist or Mass and, although infrequently, by bishops as an undergarment above the alb.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French dalmatique, from Ecclesiastical Latin, derived ultimately from the name of the province of Dalmatia.
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.
DALMATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DALMATIC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACDILMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DALMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DALMATIC?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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