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UNBOWING

8 letters

Definition of UNBOWING

verb

present participle and gerund of unbow

UNBOW

verb

To unbend (something).

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Word DNA

UNBOWING inherits its ancestry from its root, UNBOW.

How it is built

verbcompoundun-

Same root, UNBOW · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UNBOWING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
159
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

kruton

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNBOWING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNBOWING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGINNOUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Could you have found UNBOWING?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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