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DOOMSAYER
Definition of DOOMSAYER
noun
One who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From doom + sayer.
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.
DOOMSAYER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOOMSAYER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEMOORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 DOOMSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DOOMSAYER?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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