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COWER
Definition of COWER
verb
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English couren, cowre, from Middle Low German kûren (“to lie in wait; linger”) or from North Germanic (Icelandic kúra (“to doze”)); according to Pokorny, all are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, bend”), see also Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“shell, pod”). Cognate with German kauern (“to squat”), Dutch koeren (“to keep watch (in a cowered position)”), Serbo-Croatian kutriti (“to lie in a bent position”), Swedish kura (“huddle, cower”). Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.
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.
COWER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COWER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COWER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found COWER?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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