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DOGNAP
Definition of DOGNAP
verb
To abduct or steal a dog, especially in order to sell it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dog + -nap.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOGNAP · 2 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.
DOGNAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOGNAP starts with D and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ADGNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOGNAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found DOGNAP?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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