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DAUNT
Definition of DAUNT
verb
To discourage, intimidate.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, donter (“to tame”), from Latin domitō (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin domō (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Italic *domaō, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, DAUNT · 6 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 153 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DAUNT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DAUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found DAUNT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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