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DAMNS
Definition of DAMNS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of damn
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Word DNA
DAMNS inherits its ancestry from its root, DAMN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAMN · 6 relatives 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.
DAMNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 64 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAMNS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DAMNS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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