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THREW
Definition of THREW
verb
simple past of throw
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēow (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic *þreu, from Northwest Germanic *þrerō, from Proto-Germanic *þeþrō (first and third person past tense of *þrēaną), reduplication of *þrēaną.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THREW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
THREW starts with T and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read EHRTW - 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.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found THREW?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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