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DARING
Definition of DARING
verb
present participle and gerund of dare
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Word DNA
DARING inherits its ancestry from its root, DARE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, DARE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Dutch, Russian, Sanskrit.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DARING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DARING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGINR - 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 DARING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found DARING?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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