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OWNS
Definition of OWNS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of own
OWN
adjective
Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OWNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 104, 1 September 2026.
Built from these letters
OWNS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read NOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found OWNS?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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