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DARTERS
Definition of DARTERS
noun
plural of darter
DARTER
noun
One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
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Word DNA
DARTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DARTER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DARTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DARTERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADERRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DARTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DARTERS?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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