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DOUGHFACE
Definition of DOUGHFACE
noun
A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable. In particular, in the antebellum United States, a Northerner who espoused sympathies with the Southern Slave Power, especially a Northern Democrat who was more allied with the ideology of Southern Democrats than that of the majority of Northerners.
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Where it comes from
From dough + face.
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.
DOUGHFACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOUGHFACE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFGHOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOUGHF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOUGHFACE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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