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UNBOW
Definition of UNBOW
verb
To unbend (something).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + bow.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNBOW · 3 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.
UNBOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNBOW starts with U and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read BNOUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNBOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNBOW?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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