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MOWINGS
Definition of MOWINGS
noun
plural of mowing
MOW · via mowing
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Moi (Congo).
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Word DNA
MOWINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, MOW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, MOW · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Latin, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOWINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOWINGS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GIMNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MOWINGS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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