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DOUGHIER

8 letters

Definition of DOUGHIER

adjective

comparative form of doughy: more doughy

DOUGHY

adjective

Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as Pale and flabby, Soft and heavy.

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Word DNA

DOUGHIER inherits its ancestry from its root, DOUGH.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,595)

How it is built

adjective

Same root, DOUGH · 8 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

DOUGHIER in a sentence

“It is more like a “Grandma Pie” than a New York or Jersey-style Sicilian pie which has a thicker and doughier crust.”

Rhode Island Dining: Caserta Pizzeria, 2009

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.

DOUGHIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 164
Its 40 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
40
Boards found on
34
First board
163
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

thomasbklyne

on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DOUGHIER
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DOUGHIER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEGHIORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start DOUGHI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DOUGHIER?

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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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