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DANGLE
Definition of DANGLE
verb
To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (“to hit”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DANGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DANGLE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLN - 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 DANGLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found DANGLE?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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