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TAWER
Definition of TAWER
noun
One who taws
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From taw + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TAW · 4 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.
TAWER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAWER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AERTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TAWER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAWER?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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