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BOWSIES
Definition of BOWSIES
noun
plural of bowsie
noun
A simple device with three holes used for tensioning stays on boats or guy-lines on tents.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BOWSY · 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.
BOWSIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOWSIES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEIOSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found BOWSIES?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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