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DINGBAT

/ˈdɪŋbæt/7 letters

Definition of DINGBAT

noun

A silly, crazy or stupid person.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Unknown, US mid 19th century. The word-puzzle sense comes from the board game Dingbats, which is based on these puzzles. In the sense of a miscellaneous gadget, probably influenced by dingus or its etyma.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

DINGBAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 24 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
24
Boards found on
31
First board
119
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

stevr0s

on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DINGBAT
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DINGBAT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABDGINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start DINGBA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DINGBAT?

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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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