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DOWNSIZE

/ˈdaʊnsaɪz/8 letters

Definition of DOWNSIZE

verb

To reduce in size or number.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From down- + size.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DOWNSIZE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
68
First board
34
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.

First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.

Built from these letters

DOWNSIZE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DOWNSIZE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEINOSWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start DOWNSI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DOWNSIDEDOWNSIDESDOWNSIZEDDOWNSIZERDOWNSIZESDOWNSIZERSDOWNSIZINGDOWNSIZINGS

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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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.

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