The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
YOWS
Definition of YOWS
noun
plural of yow
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YOWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YOWS starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read OSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found YOWS?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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