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PROWLING
Definition of PROWLING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
PROWLING inherits its ancestry from its root, PROWL.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROWL · 9 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.
PROWLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROWLING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROWLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PROWLING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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