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DOWNIEST

8 letters

Definition of DOWNIEST

adjective

superlative form of downy: most downy

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DOWNIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 19 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
35
First board
107
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

lbellmorris

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DOWNIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DOWNIEST starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEINOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start DOWNIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DOWNIEST?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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