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GREW
Definition of GREW
verb
simple past of grow
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English grew, from Old English grēow (first and third person past tense of grōwan), from West Germanic *greu, from Northwest Germanic *grerō, from Proto-Germanic *gegrō (first and third person past tense of *grōaną), reduplication of *grōaną.
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.
GREW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GREW starts with G and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read EGRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GREW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GREW?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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