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DONATORS
Definition of DONATORS
noun
plural of donator
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Word DNA
DONATORS inherits its ancestry from its root, DONATOR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,303)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DONATOR · 1 relative 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.
DONATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 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 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DONATORS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DONATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found DONATORS?
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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