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ADDER

/ˈædɚ/5 letters

Definition of ADDER

noun

Any snake.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”). See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
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Boards found on
90
First board
32
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.

First ever to find it

angrypony

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ADDER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ADDER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADDER - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

ADREDAREDDDAREDDREADREADD

Words that start ADDER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ADDERSADDERWORTADDERSTONEADDERWORTSADDERSTONES

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