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DAMPINGS
Definition of DAMPINGS
noun
plural of damping
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Word DNA
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.
DAMPINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAMPINGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGIMNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found DAMPINGS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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