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DAMS
Definition of DAMS
noun
plural of dam
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 86, 14 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DAMS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DAMS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAMS?
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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