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CLOWNIES
Definition of CLOWNIES
noun
plural of clowny
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Word DNA
CLOWNIES inherits its ancestry from its root, CLOWN.
How it is built
Same root, CLOWN · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Middle Low German, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLOWNIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
CLOWNIES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLOWNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLOWNIES?
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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