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DOWER
Definition of DOWER
noun
The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dower, dowere, from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs. Doublet of dowry.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% 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.
DOWER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 173 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOWER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEORW - 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.
Words that start DOWER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found DOWER?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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