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TRAWL
Definition of TRAWL
noun
A net or dragnet used for trawling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
16th century, borrowed from Dutch tragelen (“to pull with a towline, trawl”), from Middle Dutch traghelen, from traghel (“dragnet”) (presumably from Latin tragula (“dragnet”)), and as such root-cognate with English drag and dray.
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.
TRAWL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRAWL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TRAWL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found TRAWL?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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