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FROWSY

/ˈfɹaʊ.zi/6 letters

Definition of FROWSY

adjective

Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Unknown, but perhaps related to the dialectal adjective frowsty. Attested since the 1680s.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FROWSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 99
Its 36 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
36
Boards found on
21
First board
99
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

alisande

on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FROWSY
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FROWSY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FORSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found FROWSY?

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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.

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