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DOGBANE
Definition of DOGBANE
noun
Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dog + bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOGBANE · 1 relative 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.
DOGBANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOGBANE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEGNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found DOGBANE?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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