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DAMASK
Definition of DAMASK
noun
An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAMASK · 1 relative 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.
DAMASK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 416 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DAMASK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AADKMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DAMASK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found DAMASK?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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