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DAMNATORY
Definition of DAMNATORY
adjective
Containing a sentence of condemnation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin damnatorius, corresponding to damn + -atory.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAMNATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAMNATORY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADMNORTY - 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.
Words that start DAMNAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAMNATORY?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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