The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DUNS
Definition of DUNS
noun
plural of dun
DUN
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Dusun Deyah.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
DUNS inherits its ancestry from its root, DUN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, DUN · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Irish, Old Norse, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUNS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DUNS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found DUNS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER