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DAMAR
Definition of DAMAR
noun
A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Malay damar. Compare Middle English dambre (“a kind of resin”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (234)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAMAR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAMAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DAMAR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AADMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DAMAR?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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