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DOWAGERS
Definition of DOWAGERS
noun
plural of dowager
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Another sense
DOWAGERS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of dowager.
Word DNA
DOWAGERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DOWAGER.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOWAGER · 1 relative in the game
DOWAGERS in a sentence
“Mrs Proudie was fond of having an attendant clergyman; and as it was evident that Mr Robarts lived among nice people — titled dowagers, members of Parliament, and people of that sort — she was quite willing to install him as a sort of honorary chaplain pro tem.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOWAGERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 72 boards so far. 676 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOWAGERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found DOWAGERS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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