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DOWNSTREAM
Definition of DOWNSTREAM
adjective
Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
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Where it comes from
From down- + stream.
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.
DOWNSTREAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOWNSTREAM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ADEMNORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOWNST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found DOWNSTREAM?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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