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COWSLIP
Definition of COWSLIP
noun
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cowslyppe, from Old English cūslyppe (“cowslip”), from cū (“cow”) + slyppe (“paste, viscid substance”), related to Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide, move softly”). Compare oxlip.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COWSLIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COWSLIP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CILOPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COWSLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found COWSLIP?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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