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DONEE

5 letters

Definition of DONEE

noun

Someone who receives a gift from a donor.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From donor + -ee (attested since 1523).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DONEE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 5 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
42
First board
119
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

sinney

on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DONEE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DONEE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEENO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DONEE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DONEE?

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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