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COWPATS
Definition of COWPATS
noun
plural of cowpat
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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 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
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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