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DOORNAIL
Definition of DOORNAIL
noun
A nail with a wide head, traditionally used in the construction and ornamentation of wooden doors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dore-nail, equivalent to door + nail.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOORNAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOORNAIL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DOORNAIL?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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