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DANK
Definition of DANK
adjective
Dark, damp and humid.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”). Modern slang senses derived from the drug sense; compare based (“awesome, especially in a right-wing context online”) from drug terminology freebased.
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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.
DANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DANK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ADKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DANK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found DANK?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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