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DATERS
Definition of DATERS
noun
plural of dater
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Word DNA
DATERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DATE.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (512)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DATE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DATERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DATERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADERST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DATERS?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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