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DONORS
Definition of DONORS
noun
plural of donor
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Word DNA
DONORS inherits its ancestry from its root, DONOR.
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 (2,307)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DONOR · 4 relatives 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.
DONORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DONORS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DONORS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found DONORS?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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