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PROWL
Definition of PROWL
verb
To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin.
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.
PROWL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROWL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read LOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROWL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PROWL?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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