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DAYSPRING
Definition of DAYSPRING
noun
The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dai spring, equivalent to day + spring.
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.
DAYSPRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAYSPRING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGINPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DAYSPR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found DAYSPRING?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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