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DIANTHUS
Definition of DIANTHUS
noun
Any plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus Dianthus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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.
DIANTHUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 53, 12 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DIANTHUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHINSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DIANTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found DIANTHUS?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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