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DUNDERPATES
Definition of DUNDERPATES
noun
plural of dunderpate
DUNDERPATE
noun
dunderhead
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Word DNA
DUNDERPATES inherits its ancestry from its root, DUNDERPATE.
How it is built
Same root, DUNDERPATE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUNDERPATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DUNDERPATES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDEENPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start DUNDERP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUNDERPATES?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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