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DRESSAGE

/ˈdɹɛs.ɑːʒ/8 letters

Definition of DRESSAGE

noun

The schooling of a horse.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French dressage (“training”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

DRESSAGE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

auksley

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DRESSAGE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DRESSAGE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

DEGASSER

Words that start DRESSA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DRESSAGES

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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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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