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DAUNTING

/ˈdɔːntɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of DAUNTING

adjective

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From daunt + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-ing

Same root, DAUNT · 4 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DAUNTING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 132
Its one board, across 132 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

fluffyfelton28

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DAUNTING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DAUNTING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGINNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start DAUNTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DAUNTING?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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