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SUNDOG
Definition of SUNDOG
noun
Alternative form of sun dog.
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Word DNA
SUNDOG inherits its ancestry from its root, SUN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, SUN · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Dutch, Hindi, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Persian, Polish and 6 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUNDOG in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 140 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUNDOG starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SUNDOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SUNDOG?
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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