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BOWYANGS
Definition of BOWYANGS
noun
plural of bowyang
noun
A strap worn below the knee, especially by labourers, to keep the trousers up or to stop them stretching while bending.
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Word DNA
BOWYANGS inherits its ancestry from its root, BOWYANG.
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.
BOWYANGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOWYANGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABGNOSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BOWYANGS?
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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