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DOWNERS
Definition of DOWNERS
noun
plural of downer
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Word DNA
DOWNERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DOWN.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,864)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOWN · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOWNERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DOWNERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DENORSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DOWNERS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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