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SCOWLY

6 letters

Definition of SCOWLY

adjective

Indicative of, or characterised by a scowl.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From scowl + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound

Same root, SCOWL · 6 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SCOWLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 160
Its 3 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
156
First board
159
Latest board
2
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

sgruthie

on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCOWLY
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SCOWLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CLOSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found SCOWLY?

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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.

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