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DAUB
Definition of DAUB
noun
Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English daub (noun), from Middle English dauben (“to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”, verb), from Old Northern French dauber (“to whitewash; plaster”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealbāre (“to whiten thoroughly”), which would make it a doublet of dealbate.
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.
DAUB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAUB starts with D and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABDU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DAUB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found DAUB?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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