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DAMOSEL
Definition of DAMOSEL
noun
Obsolete spelling of damsel.
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Word DNA
DAMOSEL inherits its ancestry from its root, DAMSEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAMSEL · 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.
DAMOSEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DAMOSEL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADELMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DAMOSEL?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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