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ROWEN
Definition of ROWEN
noun
A second crop of hay (within a growing season).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English rewayn, from Anglo-Norman rewain, from an Old Northern French variant of Old French regain (“an increase”), from re- + gaigner (“to till, win”). The alternative forms represent replacement of unanalysable final /ən/ with the more tractable suffixes -et, -ing; roughing presumably relies on a lost pronunciation of rough as /ˈɹaʊ/.
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.
ROWEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ROWEN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ENORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ROWEN?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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