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KOTWAL
Definition of KOTWAL
noun
The leader of a kot or fort in medieval India.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi कोतवाल (kotvāl); see there for more.
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.
KOTWAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOTWAL starts with K and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AKLOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found KOTWAL?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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