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DOORNAILS
Definition of DOORNAILS
noun
plural of doornail
noun
A nail with a wide head, traditionally used in the construction and ornamentation of wooden doors.
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Word DNA
DOORNAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, DOORNAIL.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,064)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOORNAIL · 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.
DOORNAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DOORNAILS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADILNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DOORNAILS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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