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DUNCERY
Definition of DUNCERY
noun
Stupidity or idiocy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dunce + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUNCERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DUNCERY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDENRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DUNCERY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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