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DOPINESS
Definition of DOPINESS
noun
The characteristic of being dopey.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dopy + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOPINESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DOPINESS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEINOPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DOPINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOPINESS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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