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DAYMARE
Definition of DAYMARE
noun
A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From day + mare, after nightmare.
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.
DAYMARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAYMARE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DAYMAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found DAYMARE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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