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DURGAN
Definition of DURGAN
noun
A dwarf; any undersized creature.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *dwerghen, *dwerghin, diminutive of dwergh (“dwarf”), equivalent to dwarf + -en.
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.
DURGAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DURGAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADGNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DURGAN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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