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DOLTISH
Definition of DOLTISH
adjective
Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
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Other senses
DOLTISH carries 4 further meanings.
Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish.
adjective
Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish.
“a doltish clown”
adjective
Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.
adjective
heavy and dull and stupid
Where it comes from
From dolt + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
DOLTISH in a sentence
“Bingham is looking for a ringer and settles on the doltish new assistant at his club, Deeker's Justin.”
Theater review: 'Fox on the Fairway' at Signature Theatre, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOLTISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOLTISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DHILOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of DOLTISH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start DOLTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found DOLTISH?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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