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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From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.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).
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 26 boards so far. 313 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 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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