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DOUGHTY
Definition of DOUGHTY
adjective
Bold; brave, courageous.
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Where it comes from
The adjective is derived from Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), from Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ (“competent, good, strong, valiant”), from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. The English word may be analysed as dought + -y, and is cognate with Scots douchty, douchtie (“bold, valiant”), Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”), German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”), Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”), Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”), Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”). The noun is derived from the adjective.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOUGHTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 68 boards so far. 355 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOUGHTY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DGHOTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOUGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
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