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DUNG
Definition of DUNG
noun
Manure; animal excrement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).
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.
DUNG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUNG starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DUNG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found DUNG?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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