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DARKISH
Definition of DARKISH
adjective
Somewhat dark.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English derkish, derkissh, derkyss; equivalent to dark + -ish.
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.
DARKISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DARKISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ADHIKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DARKISH?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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