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CLAW
Definition of CLAW
noun
A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klo.
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.
CLAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLAW starts with C and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACLW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLAW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CLAW?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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