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STRAWN
Definition of STRAWN
adjective
Alternative spelling of strawen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
As strawen; compare papern, silvern.
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.
STRAWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRAWN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ANRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found STRAWN?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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