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COWS
Definition of COWS
noun
plural of cow
COW
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Cowlitz.
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Word DNA
COWS inherits its ancestry from its root, COW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, COW · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Persian, Proto-Slavic and 4 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COWS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read COSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COWS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COWS?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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