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DANDELIONS
Definition of DANDELIONS
noun
plural of dandelion
noun
Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
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Word DNA
DANDELIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, DANDELION.
Line of descent
9 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (52)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DANDELION · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DANDELIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DANDELIONS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDEILNNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and N appear more than once.
Could you have found DANDELIONS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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