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DOUBT
Definition of DOUBT
verb
To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Middle English douten (“to doubt, fear, worry”) [and other forms], from Old French douter, doter, duter (compare Middle French doubter), from Latin dubitāre (“to be uncertain, doubt; to hesitate, waver in coming to an opinion; to consider, ponder”); the further etymology is uncertain, but one theory is that dubitō may be derived from dubius (“fluctuating, wavering; doubtful, dubious, uncertain”), from duhibius (“held as two”), from duo (“two”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + habeō (“to have, hold”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)). Spelling reformers of the early modern period added the letter b to reflect the Latin root dubitō, but it has never been pronounced in English. The noun is derived from Middle English dout, doute (“uncertainty, hesitation; questionable point; anxiety, fear, reverence”) [and other forms], from Old French doute, dote, dute (“uncertain feeling, doubt”), from doter, douter, duter (“to doubt, fear”) (compare Middle French doubter; modern French douter (“to doubt, suspect”)); see further etymology above. The ESL "question" sense is a semantic loan from Romance cognates: Portuguese dúvida, Spanish duda, Catalan dubte, French doute, Italian dubbio and others, which can all mean "question". Displaced Old English twēo (“doubt”) and twēoġan (“to doubt”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
9 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,311)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOUBT · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOUBT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 165 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DOUBT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BDOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOUBT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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