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PEAFOWL
Definition of PEAFOWL
noun
A bird of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pea (“peacock”) + fowl. Compare Icelandic páfugl (“peafowl”), Swedish påfågel (“peafowl”), Danish påfugl (“peafowl”).
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.
PEAFOWL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PEAFOWL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEFLOPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found PEAFOWL?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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