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BOWMAN
Definition of BOWMAN
noun
A man who uses a bow; an archer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English boweman, bouman, boughman, equivalent to bow + -man.
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.
BOWMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BOWMAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABMNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BOWMAN?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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