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DINOSAURS
Definition of DINOSAURS
noun
plural of dinosaur
noun
Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
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Word DNA
DINOSAURS inherits its ancestry from its root, DINOSAUR.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,145)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DINOSAUR · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DINOSAURS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DINOSAURS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADINORSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start DINOSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DINOSAURS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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