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DOVETAILINGS
Definition of DOVETAILINGS
noun
plural of dovetailing
DOVETAIL · via dovetailing
noun
The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOVETAILINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOVETAILINGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIILNOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DOVETAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOVETAILINGS?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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