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BAWCOCK
Definition of BAWCOCK
noun
A fine fellow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French baud (“bold, gay”) + cock.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (848)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BAWCOCK · 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.
BAWCOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAWCOCK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCCKOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found BAWCOCK?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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