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DUVETYNE
Definition of DUVETYNE
noun
A heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French duvetine, from duvet, from Middle French *dumet, diminutive of Old French dun, dum, ultimately from Old Norse dūnn.
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.
DUVETYNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 107, 4 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DUVETYNE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEENTUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DUVETY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUVETYNE?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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