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DONUT
Definition of DONUT
noun
Alternative spelling of doughnut.
noun
A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of doughnut, from dough + nut. Attested 1900.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DONUT · 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.
DONUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DONUT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DONUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found DONUT?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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