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FROWSTY
Definition of FROWSTY
adjective
Of an atmosphere: not fresh; close, musty, stuffy; of an object: having a musty, stale odour.
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Where it comes from
Origin unknown; possibly a variant of frowsy (frousy, frouzy, frowzy), etymology also unknown; and possibly related to Old French frouste (“decayed, in a state of ruin”). Compare also froughy, frow.
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.
FROWSTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 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 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FROWSTY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FORSTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FROWST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FROWSTY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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