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WATCHDOGS
Definition of WATCHDOGS
noun
plural of watchdog
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Word DNA
WATCHDOGS inherits its ancestry from its root, WATCHDOG.
How it is built
Same root, WATCHDOG · 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.
WATCHDOGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WATCHDOGS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDGHOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WATCHD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WATCHDOGS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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