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TOWNISH
Definition of TOWNISH
adjective
Characteristic of a (certain type of) town.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English townishe, townysche, equivalent to town + -ish.
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.
TOWNISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOWNISH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HINOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found TOWNISH?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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