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DOWNSIDE
Definition of DOWNSIDE
noun
A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compound of down + side.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
DOWNSIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOWNSIDE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDEINOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DOWNSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOWNSIDE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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