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DOWSER
Definition of DOWSER
noun
A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
DOWSER carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A person who uses a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals.
noun
A divining rod.
noun
See douser.
noun
One who uses the dowser or divining rod.
Where it comes from
From dowse + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOWS · 3 relatives 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.
DOWSER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 146 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOWSER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of DOWSER. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
4 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 DOWSER?
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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