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GLOWERED
Definition of GLOWERED
verb
simple past and past participle of glower
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Another sense
GLOWERED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of glower.
Word DNA
GLOWERED inherits its ancestry from its root, GLOW.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, GLOW · 9 relatives in the game
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.
GLOWERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 293 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLOWERED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGLORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 GLOWER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found GLOWERED?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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