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BOWEL

/ˈbaʊ.əl/5 letters

Definition of BOWEL

noun

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

BOWEL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 17 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
22
First board
110
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

BOWEL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BOWEL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BELOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start BOWEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BOWELSBOWELEDBOWELINGBOWELLEDBOWELLESSBOWELLING

Could you have found BOWEL?

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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.

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