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DOWDIEST

8 letters

Definition of DOWDIEST

adjective

superlative form of dowdy: most dowdy

DOWDY

adjective

Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

DOWDIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 131
Its one board, across 131 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
131
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

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on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DOWDIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DOWDIEST starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DDEIOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.

Words that start DOWDIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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