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DOWNSCALE
Definition of DOWNSCALE
adjective
Being downmarket, of a lower quality.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From down- + scale.
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.
DOWNSCALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 104, 1 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DOWNSCALE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDELNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOWNSC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOWNSCALE?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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