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NARROWCAST
Definition of NARROWCAST
verb
To transmit a programme to selected individuals or groups, especially via cable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From narrow + -cast, by analogy with broadcast.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NARROW · 3 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.
NARROWCAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NARROWCAST starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACNORRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NARROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NARROWCAST?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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