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FURROW
Definition of FURROW
noun
Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English forow, furgh, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, “chasm”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FURROW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FURROW starts with F and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read FORRUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FURROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FURROW?
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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