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DOTTER

6 letters

Definition of DOTTER

noun

An instrument for drawing dots.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From dot + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

DOTTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 3 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
106
First board
120
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

lockonandfire

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DOTTER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DOTTER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T 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.

DETORTROTTED

Words that start DOTTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DOTTER?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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