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DEWCLAW
Definition of DEWCLAW
noun
A digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain first element + claw. Compare dewlap. One suggestion, possibly a folk etymology, is that dewclaws brush dew away.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEWCLAW · 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.
DEWCLAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEWCLAW starts with D and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACDELWW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. W appears more than once.
Could you have found DEWCLAW?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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