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DORNOCKS
Definition of DORNOCKS
noun
plural of dornock
DORNICK · via dornock
noun
A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournai, Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc.
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Word DNA
DORNOCKS 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 (754)
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.
DORNOCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DORNOCKS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDKNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DORNOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DORNOCKS?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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