The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CHOWNS
Definition of CHOWNS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of chown
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Word DNA
CHOWNS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHOWN.
How it is built
Same root, CHOWN · 2 relatives 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.
CHOWNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOWNS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CHOWNS?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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