The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DOWRIES
Definition of DOWRIES
noun
plural of dowry
noun
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
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Word DNA
DOWRIES inherits its ancestry from its root, DOWRY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOWRY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOWRIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 180 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 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
DOWRIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found DOWRIES?
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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