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DING
Definition of DING
noun
Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).
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.
DING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DING?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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