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DIPNOAN
Definition of DIPNOAN
noun
Any fish of the class Dipnoi of lungfishes, (including the closest living relatives to the ancestor of the tetrapods).
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Where it comes from
Dipnoi + -an
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.
DIPNOAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIPNOAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADINNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DIPNOA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIPNOAN?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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