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BOWLINES
Definition of BOWLINES
noun
plural of bowline
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Word DNA
BOWLINES inherits its ancestry from its root, BOWLINE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOWLINE · 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.
BOWLINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BOWLINES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEILNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOWLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BOWLINES?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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