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DARKENS
Definition of DARKENS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of darken
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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.
DARKENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DARKENS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DARKEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found DARKENS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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