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SUNBOW
Definition of SUNBOW
noun
A bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, caused by refraction through a spray of water from a cataract, waterfall, fountain, etc., rather than through droplets of rain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sun + bow. Compare rainbow.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SUNBOW · 1 relative 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.
SUNBOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUNBOW starts with S and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read BNOSUW - 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.
Could you have found SUNBOW?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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