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DOUBTS
Definition of DOUBTS
noun
plural of doubt
verb
To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
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Word DNA
DOUBTS inherits its ancestry from its root, DOUBT.
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 (1,351)
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.
DOUBTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOUBTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found DOUBTS?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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