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DOLPHINS
Definition of DOLPHINS
noun
plural of dolphin
noun
A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
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Word DNA
DOLPHINS inherits its ancestry from its root, DOLPHIN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (881)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOLPHIN · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOLPHINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOLPHINS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DHILNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOLPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DOLPHINS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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