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CLOWNS
Definition of CLOWNS
noun
plural of clown
noun
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
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Word DNA
CLOWNS inherits its ancestry from its root, CLOWN.
How it is built
Same root, CLOWN · 6 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.
CLOWNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOWNS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CLNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CLOWNS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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