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DUSK
Definition of DUSK
adjective
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more). Doublet of fuscous.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUSK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DUSK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read DKSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DUSK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found DUSK?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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