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DAMSEL
Definition of DAMSEL
noun
A young woman (of noble birth).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (24,176)
branch · 30.7% 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.
DAMSEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 232 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DAMSEL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADELMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DAMSEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DAMSEL?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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