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DEINOSAUR
Definition of DEINOSAUR
noun
Archaic spelling of dinosaur.
noun
Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
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Word DNA
DEINOSAUR inherits its ancestry from its root, DINOSAUR.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DINOSAUR · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEINOSAUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DEINOSAUR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEINORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DEINOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEINOSAUR?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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