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DOTARDLY

8 letters

Definition of DOTARDLY

adjective

Like a dotard; foolish and weak.

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Where it comes from

From dotard + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ly

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.

DOTARDLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 131
Its one board, across 131 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.

Built from these letters

DOTARDLY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start DOTARD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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