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KOTOWED
Definition of KOTOWED
verb
simple past and past participle of kotow
KOWTOW · via kotow
verb
To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.
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Word DNA
KOTOWED inherits its ancestry from its root, KOWTOW.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (87)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KOWTOW · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KOTOWED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 171, 7 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 171, 7 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOTOWED starts with K and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKOOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found KOTOWED?
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 171 - and most players walked straight past it.
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