The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DOWNY
Definition of DOWNY
adjective
Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From down + -y.
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.
DOWNY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOWNY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DNOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found DOWNY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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