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BOWINGLY
Definition of BOWINGLY
adverb
in a bowing manner
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bowing + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOWINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BOWINGLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BGILNOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found BOWINGLY?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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