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DIMPLING
Definition of DIMPLING
verb
present participle and gerund of dimple
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Word DNA
DIMPLING inherits its ancestry from its root, DIMPLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, DIMPLE · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIMPLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIMPLING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGIILMNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DIMPLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found DIMPLING?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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