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FOWLPOXES
Definition of FOWLPOXES
Wiktionary has no entry for FOWLPOXES itself. This is its base word, FOWLPOX.
noun
A disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FOWLPOX.
From fowl + pox.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOWLPOX · 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.
FOWLPOXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FOWLPOXES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFLOOPSWX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found FOWLPOXES?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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