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DOSES

5 letters

Definition of DOSES

noun

plural of dose

DOSE

noun

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

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Word DNA

DOSES inherits its ancestry from its root, DOSE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Middle French
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,375)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, DOSE · 4 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

DOSES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
146
First board
24
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First found by a player on Day 146, 13 October 2026.

Built from these letters

DOSES
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DOSES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Could you have found DOSES?

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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.

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