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DOGSBODY

/ˈdɒɡz.bɒ.dɪ/8 letters

Definition of DOGSBODY

noun

A person who does menial work, a servant.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From dog + -s- + body. 1818, British navy slang (dog's body), originally derogatory reference to unappetizing pease pudding (compare dog's breakfast), as if it were made of mashed dog meat. In 20th century applied to low-ranked sailors, thence menial servants in wider usage.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound

Same root, DOGSBODY · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DOGSBODY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
66
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.

First ever to find it

myscape

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DOGSBODY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DOGSBODY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BDDGOOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and O appear more than once.

Words that start DOGSBO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DOGSBODIEDDOGSBODIESDOGSBODYING

Could you have found DOGSBODY?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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