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COWPOKES
Definition of COWPOKES
noun
plural of cowpoke
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Word DNA
COWPOKES inherits its ancestry from its root, COWPOKE.
How it is built
Same root, COWPOKE · 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.
COWPOKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COWPOKES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEKOOPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found COWPOKES?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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