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DOWNPOUR
Definition of DOWNPOUR
noun
A heavy fall of rain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From down- + pour. Compare typologically Czech liják, Polish ulewa, Slovene naliv, Russian ли́вень (lívenʹ) (akin to лить (litʹ)).
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.
DOWNPOUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOWNPOUR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DNOOPRUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found DOWNPOUR?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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