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DHANSAK
Definition of DHANSAK
noun
An Indian curry with lentils, vegetables, spices, cumin seeds, ginger, and garlic together with meat and either gourd or pumpkin.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DHANSAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DHANSAK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AADHKNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 DHANSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found DHANSAK?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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