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COWBERRY
Definition of COWBERRY
noun
A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cow + berry. Compare bilberry.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COWBERRY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COWBERRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COWBERRY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCEORRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found COWBERRY?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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