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DUNK
Definition of DUNK
verb
To submerge briefly in a liquid.
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Where it comes from
From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.
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.
DUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DUNK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read DKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DUNK?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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