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SPARROWS
Definition of SPARROWS
noun
plural of sparrow
noun
The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
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Word DNA
SPARROWS inherits its ancestry from its root, SPARROW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, SPARROW · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Latin, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPARROWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPARROWS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AOPRRSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPARRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPARROWS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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