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HAIRBOW

/ˈhɛə(ɹ)bəʊ/7 letters

Definition of HAIRBOW

noun

A decorative bow worn in the hair.

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Where it comes from

From hair + bow.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

HAIRBOW in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
159
First board
16
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

seabPATRONContributor

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HAIRBOW
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HAIRBOW starts with H and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ABHIORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found HAIRBOW?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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