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BOWSTRING
Definition of BOWSTRING
noun
The string of an archer's bow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bow + string.
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.
BOWSTRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BOWSTRING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGINORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOWSTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOWSTRING?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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