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OWLISH
Definition of OWLISH
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
OWLISH carries 3 further meanings.
Owllike; resembling an owl or some one of its features.
Having an appearance of preternatural gravity and wisdom.
Stupid; dull; fat-witted.
Where it comes from
From owl + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OWL · 16 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.
OWLISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 114 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OWLISH starts with O and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HILOSW - 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.
Words that start OWLISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found OWLISH?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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