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YOWLING
Definition of YOWLING
verb
present participle and gerund of yowl
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Word DNA
YOWLING inherits its ancestry from its root, YOWL.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (136)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YOWL · 4 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.
YOWLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
YOWLING starts with Y and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found YOWLING?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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