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DENTALIA

8 letters

Definition of DENTALIA

noun

plural of dentalium

DENTALIUM

noun

Any of various tooth shells of the genus Dentalium.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

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.

DENTALIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 148
Its 5 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
84
First board
137
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

travelgirl

on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DENTALIA
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DENTALIA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start DENTAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DENTALDENTALSDENTALLYDENTALISEDENTALITYDENTALIUMDENTALIZEDENTALISEDDENTALIUMSDENTALITIES

Could you have found DENTALIA?

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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.

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