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DOWDY
Definition of DOWDY
adjective
Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First appears c. 1581. Origin uncertain, probably literally "little poorly dressed woman," formed from doue, "poorly dressed woman". Possibly also related to the Scots dow, meaning to "fade".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOWDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOWDY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DDOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DOWDY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOWDY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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