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DOWNIES
Definition of DOWNIES
noun
plural of downie
DOWNIE
noun
Alternative spelling of Downie.
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Word DNA
DOWNIES inherits its ancestry from its root, DOWNY.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOWNIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOWNIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEINOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DOWNIES?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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