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COWPATS
Definition of COWPATS
noun
plural of cowpat
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Word DNA
COWPATS inherits its ancestry from its root, COWPAT.
How it is built
Same root, COWPAT · 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.
COWPATS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COWPATS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACOPSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found COWPATS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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