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REDOWA
Definition of REDOWA
noun
A dance of Czech origin with turning, leaping waltz steps.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Via French [Term?] from Czech rejdovák, from rej (“whirl”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
53rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (23)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REDOWA · 1 relative 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.
REDOWA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REDOWA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADEORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found REDOWA?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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