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DHARMSALA
Definition of DHARMSALA
noun
A charitable or religious house, especially a resthouse for travellers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hindi धर्मशाला (dharmaśālā), from Sanskrit.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (793)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DHARMSALA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DHARMSALA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAADHLMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DHARMS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DHARMSALA?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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