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DOUGHFACES
Definition of DOUGHFACES
noun
plural 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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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.
DOUGHFACES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOUGHFACES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFGHOSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DOUGHFACES?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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