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DORNECKS
Definition of DORNECKS
noun
plural of dorneck
DORNICK · via dorneck
noun
A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournai, Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc.
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Word DNA
DORNECKS inherits its ancestry from its root, DORNICK.
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (732)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DORNICK · 5 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.
DORNECKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DORNECKS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEKNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DORNEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DORNECKS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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