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MOWBURN
Definition of MOWBURN
verb
To stack (hay) before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mow + burn.
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.
MOWBURN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOWBURN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BMNORUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOWBUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOWBURN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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