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DIRENESS
Definition of DIRENESS
noun
The state or quality of being dire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dire + -ness.
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.
DIRENESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIRENESS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEINRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DIRENE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIRENESS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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