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DUNE
Definition of DUNE
noun
A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Partly from a dialectal form of down; and partly from Dutch duin (from Middle Dutch dune) or from Middle Low German dûne; all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūn, *dūnā, of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of down (which see).
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.
DUNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DUNE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DENU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DUNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found DUNE?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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