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SOWER
Definition of SOWER
noun
One who or that which sows.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sowere, from Old English sāwere; equivalent to sow + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,038)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOW · 6 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.
SOWER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SOWER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SOWER?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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