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DOWED
Definition of DOWED
verb
simple past and past participle of dow
DOW
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Doyayo.
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Word DNA
DOWED inherits its ancestry from its root, DOW.
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 (3,911)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOW · 4 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.
DOWED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DOWED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found DOWED?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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