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OXBOW
Definition of OXBOW
noun
A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ox + bow.
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.
OXBOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 67, 26 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
OXBOW starts with O and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read BOOWX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found OXBOW?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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