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DWELT
Definition of DWELT
verb
simple past and past participle of dwell
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Word DNA
DWELT inherits its ancestry from its root, DWELL.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (777)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DWELL · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DWELT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DWELT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DELTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found DWELT?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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