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KOWHAI
Definition of KOWHAI
noun
Any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The national flower of New Zealand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Māori kōwhai (“yellow”).
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.
KOWHAI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOWHAI starts with K and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AHIKOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KOWHAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found KOWHAI?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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