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COWAN
Definition of COWAN
noun
A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1598. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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.
COWAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
COWAN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found COWAN?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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