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DOVEISH
Definition of DOVEISH
adjective
Alternative spelling of dovish.
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Word DNA
DOVEISH inherits its ancestry from its root, DOVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,696)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOVE · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOVEISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
DOVEISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DEHIOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOVEIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOVEISH?
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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