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STROWING
Definition of STROWING
verb
present participle and gerund of strow
STREW · via strow
verb
To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STROW · 3 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.
STROWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STROWING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STROWI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STROWING?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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