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AVOWAL
Definition of AVOWAL
noun
An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.
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Other senses
AVOWAL carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A frank admission or acknowledgment.
noun
An open declaration; a frank acknowledgment.
noun
An open declaration; frank acknowledgment.
“an avowal of such principles”
noun
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Where it comes from
From avow + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AVOWAL · 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.
AVOWAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AVOWAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALOVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of AVOWAL. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found AVOWAL?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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