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DOODLE
Definition of DOODLE
noun
A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.
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Where it comes from
Originally dialectal, from Low German dudeldopp (“simpleton”). Influenced by dawdle. Compare also German dudeln (“to play (the bagpipe)”). The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th century to mean a fool or simpleton. German variants of the etymon include Dudeltopf, Dudentopf, Dudenkopf, Dude and Dödel. American English dude may be a derivation of doodle. The meaning "fool, simpleton" is intended in the song title "Yankee Doodle", originally sung by British colonial troops prior to the American Revolutionary War. This is also the origin of the early eighteenth century verb to doodle, meaning "to swindle or to make a fool of". The modern meaning emerged in the 1930s either from this meaning or from the verb "to dawdle", which since the seventeenth century has had the meaning of wasting time or being lazy.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOODLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOODLE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDELOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DOODLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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