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DOLENT
Definition of DOLENT
adjective
Sad, sorrowful.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dolent, from Old French dolent, from Latin dolēns, present participle of doleō (“to grieve”).
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.
DOLENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOLENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DELNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOLENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found DOLENT?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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