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DOMAIN
Definition of DOMAIN
noun
A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English demayne, demain (“rule”), from Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”), (French domaine), from Latin dominium (“property, right of ownership”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). Doublet of demesne and dominium, and closely related to dominion and domino. See also dame, and compare demain, danger, dungeon.
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.
DOMAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOMAIN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADIMNO - 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.
Words that start DOMAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found DOMAIN?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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