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FARROWED
Definition of FARROWED
verb
simple past and past participle of farrow
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Word DNA
FARROWED inherits its ancestry from its root, FARROW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,281)
How it is built
Same root, FARROW · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Irish, Latin, Proto-Slavic.
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.
FARROWED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FARROWED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFORRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 FARROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FARROWED?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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