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STRAWFLOWER
Definition of STRAWFLOWER
noun
Any of many Australian plants of the genus Xerochrysum, especially Xerochrysum bracteatum, having deep yellow flowers than can be readily dried.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From straw + flower.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRAWFLOWER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRAWFLOWER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFLORRSTWW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and W appear more than once.
Words that start STRAWFL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRAWFLOWER?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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