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DOES
Definition of DOES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of do
DO
verb
A syntactic marker. A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dos, variant of doth, doþ, equivalent to do + -s. For the shortened vowel compare says.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,182)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DOES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DOES?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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