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DUDDER

/ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/6 letters

Definition of DUDDER

noun

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

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Where it comes from

From duds + -er.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-er

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DUDDER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 140
Its one board, across 140 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

ed_walker

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DUDDER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DUDDER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDDERU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears 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.

RUDDED

Words that start DUDDER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DUDDER?

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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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