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DOWDYISMS
Definition of DOWDYISMS
Wiktionary has no entry for DOWDYISMS itself. This is its base word, DOWDYISM.
noun
A plain, unfashionable style of dress.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for DOWDYISM.
From dowdy + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOWDY · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOWDYISMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
DOWDYISMS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDIMOSSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and S appear more than once.
Could you have found DOWDYISMS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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