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CWMS
Definition of CWMS
noun
plural of cwm
CWM
noun
A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
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Word DNA
CWMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CWM.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (138)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CWM · 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.
CWMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 81 boards so far. 211 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CWMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CMSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found CWMS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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