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DVORNIK
Definition of DVORNIK
noun
A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian дворник (dvornik, “concierge; one who takes care of the pavement and yard in front of a house”), from двор (dvor, “courtyard”).
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.
DVORNIK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
DVORNIK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read DIKNORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DVORNIK?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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