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DAUD
Definition of DAUD
noun
A blow, a heavy thump.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Imitative of a heavy thump. Attested from the end of the 16th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
DAUD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DAUD starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DAUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAUD?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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