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CLOWNING
Definition of CLOWNING
noun
Clownish behavior.
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Word DNA
CLOWNING 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.
CLOWNING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLOWNING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGILNNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start CLOWNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLOWNING?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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