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DARKSOME
Definition of DARKSOME
adjective
Characterized by darkness; gloomy, obscure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dark + -some.
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.
DARKSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 70, 29 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
DARKSOME starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEKMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DARKSOME?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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