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DINGED
Definition of DINGED
verb
simple past and past participle of ding
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Word DNA
DINGED inherits its ancestry from its root, DING.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, DING · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Old Norse, Swedish.
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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.
DINGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
Built from these letters
DINGED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEGIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found DINGED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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