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DOWNPLAY
Definition of DOWNPLAY
verb
To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Synthetic form of the phrase play down. By surface analysis, down- + play.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOWNPLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOWNPLAY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADLNOPWY - 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 DOWNPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found DOWNPLAY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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