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COWHAGES
Definition of COWHAGES
Wiktionary has no entry for COWHAGES itself. This is its base word, COWHAGE.
noun
Alternative form of cowage.
noun
A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.
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Word DNA
COWHAGES inherits its ancestry from its root, COWAGE.
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (356)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COWAGE · 5 relatives 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.
COWHAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
COWHAGES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found COWHAGES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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