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DUTCHMAN
Definition of DUTCHMAN
noun
A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutchman. Attested mainly in the US from the late 19th century.
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.
DUTCHMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUTCHMAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDHMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DUTCHMAN?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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