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DAMNIFY
Definition of DAMNIFY
verb
To damage physically; to injure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French damnifier, from Latin damnifico.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAMNIFY · 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.
DAMNIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAMNIFY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADFIMNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DAMNIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAMNIFY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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