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BOWYANG
Definition of BOWYANG
noun
A strap worn below the knee, especially by labourers, to keep the trousers up or to stop them stretching while bending.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From British dialect (Lincolnshire) bowy-yanks (“leather leggings”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BOWYANG · 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.
BOWYANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOWYANG starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGNOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found BOWYANG?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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