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DUBBING
Definition of DUBBING
noun
The conferral of knighthood; investment with a title.
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Word DNA
DUBBING inherits its ancestry from its root, DUB.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, DUB · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUBBING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUBBING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BBDGINU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DUBBIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUBBING?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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